Interesting Chinese characters 水 water 川 river 州 state

We will learn 3 charcaters which are related to WATER today, 水，川，州。

Please look at the ancient characters. 

 

水looks like flowing water. 川 looks like a river. 州 looks like an island in a river.

So 水 means water，川means river and 州 means state

Some words with 水 shuǐ

•         热水（rèshuǐ）hot water

•         冰水（bīnɡshuǐ）cold water

A word with 川 chuān

四川（sìchuān） A province in China famous for spicy food

Look at this spicy fish！

And you might know Kung Pao Chicken，it is one of the most favourite food chosen by Westerners in China！

Some words with 州 zhōu

•         加州（jiāzhōu）

•         九州（jiǔzhōu）

The order of the characters

Here is the video

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