CHINESE SCRIPT

CHINESE CHARACTER FORMATION & ETYMOLOGY

 

 

州

 

 

6 strokes (丶)

 ㄓㄡ1 (zhow1)

zhōu

 

州 = administrative division, state => 川 (radical 47) + three dots, i.e. 3x 丶 (radical 3), which is pronounced zhǔ (ㄓㄨ3)

related: 洲

 

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