しゅう

See also: しゅ, じゅ, and じゅう

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of しゅう – see the following entries.

【周】4 [counter] laps or circuits [proper noun] Zhou

【週】2 [noun] a week (unit of time) [counter] weeks [proper noun] a male or female given name

【州】3 [noun] first-level administrative division of some countries, such as: (1) state of the United States, Australia, India, Nigeria and Germany; (2) province of Canada; (3) canton of Switzerland; etc. [noun] used in place names, usually associated with (historical) political divisions [suffix] continent [suffix] used in place names Alternative spelling 洲

【集】3 [noun] collection, assembly

【衆】6 [noun] mass; many people [noun] majority [suffix] This term needs a translation to English.

【秀】S [proper noun] a male given name

(This term, しゅう, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as しゅう, see Category:Japanese kanji read as しゅう.)