Stroke order:
HARD (ER) KANJI - JLPT 2 KYUU |
| 州 | Think of states being
separated by rivers. Stroke order: |
| しゅう：す - a state (US's states) |
| 欧州 ou shuu - Europe (used in newspapers) 九州 kyuu shuu - the most southern of the 4 major Japanese islands フロリダ州 furorida shuu - the state of Florida |