Jisho

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6 strokes
Radical:
river 巛 (川, 巜)
Parts:
Variants:
state, province
Kun:
On:
シュウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
386 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 州 【シュウ】 state (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.), province (e.g. of Canada), county (e.g. of the UK), region (e.g. of Italy), canton, oblast, continent, province (of Japan), province (of ancient China), prefecture, department, dear
  • 州政府 【シュウセイフ】 state government
  • 広州 【コウシュウ】 Guangzhou (China), Canton
  • 沿海州 【エンカイシュウ】 Primorskaya Oblast (Russia)
  • 州 【ス】 sandbank, sandbar
  • 洲浜 【スハマ】 sandy beach, sandbar that projects into the ocean, particularly in a wavy form, designs and objects with a wavy pattern, sweet mochi cake
  • 白州 【シラス】 white sandbar, white sandbank, area in a garden or entrance of a house laid with white sand or pebbles, gravel separating a noh stage from the audience, court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand
  • 中州 【ナカス】 sandbank (in a river), sandbar

Kun reading compounds

  • 州 【す】 sandbank, sandbar
  • 洲浜 【すはま】 sandy beach, sandbar that projects into the ocean, particularly in a wavy form, designs and objects with a wavy pattern, sweet mochi cake
  • 白州 【しらす】 white sandbar, white sandbank, area in a garden or entrance of a house laid with white sand or pebbles, gravel separating a noh stage from the audience, court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand
  • 中州 【なかす】 sandbank (in a river), sandbar

Readings

Japanese names:
くに
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhou1
Korean:
ju

Spanish

  • estado
  • provincia
  • banco de arena

Portuguese

  • estado
  • província

French

  • province
  • état
424 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
320 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
304 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
542 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
99 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
445 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
490 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
224 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
195 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
195 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
553 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
549 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
64 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
39 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
40 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
130 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8678 Morohashi
57 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1529 New Nelson (John Haig)
128 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
135 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
271 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1254 2001 Kanji
2f4.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-4 SKIP code
1-1-5 SKIP code
3200.0 Four corner code
1-29-03 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5dde Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
wine, alcohol
Parts:
Variants:
repay, reward, retribution
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1515 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 無報酬 【ムホウシュウ】 unpaid, without pay, gratuitous, voluntary
  • 成功報酬 【セイコウホウシュウ】 fee contingent upon success, contingency fee, completion bonus

Kun reading compounds

  • 報いる 【むくいる】 to reward, to recompense, to repay, to retaliate, to get revenge

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chou2
Korean:
su

Spanish

  • recompensa
  • premio
  • retribución

Portuguese

  • recompensar
  • recompensa
  • retribuição

French

  • rembourser
  • récompense
  • rémunération
1358 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1740 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4785 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1774 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1835 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1864 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2024 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1594 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1793 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1941 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1036 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1399 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1444 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39850 Morohashi
1539 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6171 New Nelson (John Haig)
1432 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1540 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1678 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3254 2001 Kanji
7e6.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-6 SKIP code
1260.0 Four corner code
1-29-23 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
916c Unicode hex code