しゅう
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); canton (e.g. Switzerland); oblast (e.g. Russia); department (e.g. ancient China)
2. continent
Archaic
Suffix
3. dear
after someone's name
Kanji used
sandbank
Pitch accent
しゅ
Top 41600
Used in vocabulary (7 in total)
the five continents; Asia, Africa, Europe, America and Australia; Asia, Africa, Europe, North America and South America
the seven continents
the seven continents