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state
Stroke count: 6

Readings

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Kun reading

Meanings

  1. stateRtK
    南部冬期旅行する旅行するよりも料金高くなりますTraveling to the southern states during the winter will be costlier than it is now.tatoeba
    知事選挙立候補He ran for Governor of the state four years ago.tatoeba
  2. province
  1. state (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.)
  2. province (e.g. of Canada)
  3. county (e.g. of the UK)
  4. region (e.g. of Italy)
  5. canton

Synonyms

ステート

Radicals and components

Radicalriver
Components
How it's built

Mnemonic (RtK)

stream · flood · drops

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 135

Compound words

彼はオハイオで生まれた。しゅう
He was born in Ohio.tatoeba
場所は西バージニアの遠く離れた小さな山村。しゅう
The scene was a tiny mountain village in a remote section of West Virginia.tatoeba
彼は私が自転車で九へ行くなんてばかげてると思った。
He thought it foolish of me to go to Kyushu by bike.tatoeba
彼は九へ旅立った。
He has left for Kyushu.tatoeba
彼は九の小さな村に住んでいる。
He lives in a small village in Kyushu.tatoeba

Stroke Order

6 strokes

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