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Radical 丶 Dot Tick State 州 シュウ、ス す

Kanji
Onyomi シュウ、ス
Kunyomi
Nanori くに
English state, province
Examples 州(しゅう): (1) state; province; county (UK); department (of ancient China) (2) continent (3) (after someone's name) dear
JLPT Level 2
Jouyou Grade 3
Frequency 386
Components 丶: dot; tick or dot radical (no. 3)
巛: curving river radical (no.47)
丶: dot; tick or dot radical (no. 3)
丶: dot; tick or dot radical (no. 3)
Number of Strokes 6
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 47
Radical Strokes 3
Radical Reading かわ・まがりがわ・さんぼんがわ
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 象形 Pictographic
Keyword state
Koohii Story 1 There were 3 little islands in the stream who all decided to set themselves up as independent states.
Koohii Story 2 シュウ The original meaning of this character was "sandbar", and for me this conjures up images of the Mississippi River, which is very wide with many sandbars and which was used to define the borders in ten American states. Picture Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer floating by state after state as they adventure down the mighty Mississippi, occasionally beaching their raft on sandbars.
RTK Index (new) 135

Tags: jlpt.n2, grade3, kanjifreq251-500

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