州 (zhōu): meaning and stroke order
州 (zhōu) means prefecture, (old) province, (old) administrative division, state (e.g. of US).
州
- Simplified
- 州
- Traditional
- 州 (same form)
- Pinyin
- zhōu
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Stroke order of 州
州
- zhōu prefecture; (old) province
- 6 strokes
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Meaning of 州
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zhōu
- prefecture
- (old) province
- (old) administrative division
- state (e.g. of US)
- oblast (Russia)
- canton (Switzerland)
Radical and structure
- 州
- Radical 巛 (Kangxi radical 47) · 6 strokes
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 州
- 黄州 Huáng zhōu see 黃州區|黄州区[Huang2 zhou1 Qu1]
- 广州 Guǎng zhōu see 廣州市|广州市[Guang3 zhou1 Shi4]
- 惠州 Huì zhōu see 惠州市[Hui4 zhou1 Shi4]
- 杭州 Háng zhōu see 杭州市[Hang2 zhou1 Shi4]
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).