九州

Jiǔ zhōu

Meanings

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Jiǔ zhōu

1.division of China during earliest dynasties
2.fig. ancient China
3.Kyūshū, southernmost of Japan's four major islands

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Wiktionary

1.the Nine Provinces of ancient China; China
2.Kyushu (the third largest island of Japan)

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Etymology

The Rites of Zhou identifies the Nine Provinces as 揚 /扬 (yáng), 荊 /荆 (jīng), 豫 (yù), 青, 兗 /兖 (yǎn), 雍 (yōng), 幽 (yōu), 冀 (jì), and 并 (bīng).

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Components

九㇓㇈

州㇓㇔

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