州

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prefecture; (old) province; (old) administrative division; state (e.g. of US); oblast (Russia); canton (Switzerland)

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HSK 3.0: Level 7–9
Old HSK: Level 6
Strokes: 6
Radical: 巛 +3
Structure: Overlaid 叠加
Traditional: 州
Common rank: #129
Unicode: U+5DDE

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Formation & memory

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How 州 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

Islands within a river 川

Components 川 ? unknown part

How to remember it

state · Heisig RSH #135

a drop of + 川 stream

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 州

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
海州区	Hǎi zhōu Qū	Haizhou, a district of Lianyungang City 連雲港市\|连云港市[Lian2 yun2 gang3 Shi4], Jiangsu; Haizhou…
金州区	Jīn zhōu Qū	Jinzhou, a district of Dalian City 大連市\|大连市[Da4 lian2 Shi4], Liaoning
化州市	Huà zhōu Shì	Huazhou, a county-level city in Maoming City 茂名市[Mao4 ming2 Shi4], Guangdong
安州区	Ān zhōu Qū	Anzhou, a district of Mianyang City 綿陽市\|绵阳市[Mian2 yang2 Shi4], Sichuan
高州市	Gāo zhōu Shì	Gaozhou, a county-level city in Maoming City 茂名市[Mao4 ming2 Shi4], Guangdong
利州区	Lì zhōu Qū	Lizhou, a district of Guangyuan City 廣元市\|广元市[Guang3 yuan2 Shi4], Sichuan
文山州	Wén shān Zhōu	see 文山壯族苗族自治州\|文山壮族苗族自治州[Wen2 shan1 Zhuang4 zu2 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]
加州大学	Jiā zhōu Dà xué	University of California (abbr. for 加利福尼亞大學\|加利福尼亚大学[Jia1 li4 fu2 ni2 ya4 Da4 xue2])
开州区	Kāi zhōu Qū	Kaizhou, a district of Chongqing 重慶\|重庆[Chong2 qing4]
大理州	Dà lǐ Zhōu	see 大理白族自治州[Da4 li3 Bai2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]
海西州	Hǎi xī Zhōu	see 海西蒙古族藏族自治州[Hai3 xi1 Meng3 gu3 zu2 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]
德州市	Dé zhōu Shì	Dezhou, prefecture-level city in Shandong Province 山東省\|山东省[Shan1 dong1 Sheng3]
巴州区	Bā zhōu Qū	Bazhou, a district of Bazhong City 巴中市[Ba1 zhong1 Shi4], Sichuan
通州区	Tōng zhōu Qū	Tongzhou, a district of Beijing; Tongzhou, a district of Nantong City 南通市[Nan2 tong1 Shi4]…
海州	Hǎi zhōu	see 海州區\|海州区[Hai3 zhou1 Qu1]
大理白族自治州	Dà lǐ Bái zú Zì zhì zhōu	Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, in Yunnan Province 雲南省\|云南省[Yun2 nan2 Sheng3]
海南州	Hǎi nán Zhōu	see 海南藏族自治州[Hai3 nan2 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]
新义州市	Xīn yì zhōu shì	Shin'ŭiju, capital of North Pyong'an Province, North Korea
化州	Huà zhōu	see 化州市[Hua4 zhou1 Shi4]
金州	Jīn zhōu	see 金州區\|金州区[Jin1 zhou1 Qu1]

Sound family

These characters use 州 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
州 sound part	zhōu	state, province, prefecture
酬	chóu	to toast, to entertain; to reward, to compensate