# 州 — province; state

州 means “province; state”. It is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 6 strokes. On'yomi: シュウ (shuu), ス (su). It has no common kun'yomi. You'll see it in words such as 州 (shuu, “state; province”).

- Meaning: province; state
- On'yomi: シュウ (shuu), ス (su)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 6
- Level: JLPT N3 · set Land & places 1

## How to remember 州

Parts: 丶 drop · 川 river · 丶 drop

## Words with 州

| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 州 | しゅう (shuu) | state; province |

## Don't confuse it with

[以](https://moji.ninja/n4-kanji/by-means-of/)

## More in the “Land & places 1” set

[原](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/meadow/) · [島](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/island/) · [境](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/border/) · [州](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/province/) · [域](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/region/) · [景](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/scenery/) · [欧](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/europe/) · [韓](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/korea/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/province/. Last updated 2026-11-01.