州 means state
province
Dots of land in a river: state.
On'yomi
- シュウshuu
- スsu
Kun'yomi
- すsu
How it's built
- 丶dot
- 川
- 丶dot
- 丶dot
Common words
- 州しゅうstate (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. of Canada)
- 欧州おうしゅうEurope
- 九州きゅうしゅうKyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
- 広州こうしゅうGuangzhou (China); Canton