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Meaning of 州
Pinyin
zhōu
Radical
川
Strokes
6
Definition
(United States) state / province / sub-prefecture
Usage
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州
[zhōu]
名
1. An ancient administrative division, the size of which varied throughout the dynasties (later often used in place names).
古代的一种行政区划，所辖地区的大小历代不同（后多用于地名）。
2. A type of ethnic autonomous administrative division in China.
中国一种民族自治行政区划。
3. Same as the original meaning. Later written as “洲” (islet).
同本义。后作“洲”（[En.] islet）。
4. Also referred to as “洲”.
字亦作洲。
5. An ancient administrative division name in China. It is said that after Yu the Great controlled the floods, he divided the territory into nine states. The establishment and abolishment of this division occurred numerous times throughout history. The Republic of China abolished states. Some place names persisted to this day ([En.] prefecture).
中国古地方行政区划名。相传禹治水后，分其领域为九州。历代多有兴废。民国废州。有些地名仍沿用至今。
6. An ancient household registration unit in China ([En.] district).
中国古代户籍编制单位。
7. A state during the Zhou dynasty ([En.] Zhou state).
周代国名。
8. A surname, Jiang. The historical region is located in the northeastern part of Anqiu County, Shandong Province.
姜姓。故域在今山东省安丘县东北。
9. A surname, Yan. The historical region is located in Jiali County, Hubei Province today.
偃姓。故域在今湖北省监利县。
10. A surname.
姓。
Garze or Kandze, Tibetan autonomous prefecture (Tibetan: dkar mdzes bod rigs rang skyong khul), formerly in Kham province of Tibet, present Sichuan
Guizhou province (Kweichow) in south central China, abbr. to 黔[Qian2] or 貴|贵[Gui4], capital Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳[Gui4 yang2]
Fuzhou prefecture-level city and capital of Fujian province in east China / formerly known as Foochow or Fuchow
Youzhou, ancient province in north Hebei and Liaoning / Fanyang 範陽|范阳 ancient city near modern Beijing
Jinzhou county-level city in Hebei / Jin Prefecture, established under the Northern Wei dynasty, centered on present-day Linfen 臨汾市|临汾市[Lin2 fen2 shi4] in Shanxi
Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture in west Yunnan, surrounded on three sides by Myanmar (Burma), capital Luxi 潞西市
Chaozhou prefecture-level city in Guangdong 廣東省|广东省[Guang3 dong1 sheng3] / Chaochou town in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan
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Input Method for 州
Pinyin
zhou1
Wubi
ytyh
Cangjie
ilil
Zhengma
vdnd
Four Corner
32000
Unicode
U+5dde
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