州
zhōu

state, province, islet

州 zhōu
state noun
a modern administrative division of a country, such as a state in the US, an oblast in Russia, or a canton in Switzerland

加利福尼亚州是美国人口最多的州。

Jiā​lì​fú​ní​yà​zhōu shì Měi​guó rén​kǒu zuì​duō de zhōu.

California is the most populous state in the United States.

administrative division noun
a historical administrative division in China, such as a prefecture or province

杭州在古代是一个繁华的州。

Háng​zhōu zài gǔ​dài shì yī gè fán​huá de zhōu.

In ancient times, Hangzhou was a prosperous prefecture.

Frequency
Character
Written text
721st most common 266.3 per million
Movie subtitles
826th most common 149.4 per million appears in 39% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
63.1 per million appears in 18% of films
Written text
48.0 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
Strokes
6
Unicode
U+5DDE

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)