州 = 川 + 丶

州 is a Japanese kanji written with 6 strokes, listed here under the keyword “state”. It is built from 川 (stream) and 丶 (dot). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 135. It appears as a component in 2 other characters in this index.

Keyword: state
RTK frame: 135
Strokes: 6
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): シュウ, ス
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): す
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: государство
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 州 administrative division

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

Characters that contain 州

How to find 州 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “stream” + “dot”. 州 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 州 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.