州 zhōu state
state; province; prefecture
How it came to be
象形 · Pictogram
A drawing of the thing it means.
The oldest form shows a river with a small island in it.
用法
- An administrative region, historically a prefecture, today mostly frozen in place names: 广州 (Guǎngzhōu), 杭州 (Hángzhōu), 苏州 (Sūzhōu).
- Also renders foreign 'state': 加州 (Jiāzhōu) California, 得州 (Dézhōu) Texas, and 自治州 (zìzhìzhōu) autonomous prefecture. Not a productive common noun today.
含“州”的汉字
例句
- 广州是广东省的首府。 Guǎngzhōu shì Guǎngdōng Shěng de shǒufǔ.Guangzhou is the capital city of Guangdong province.