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| Chinese | 州 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Vietnamese alphabet | châu | ||||||||||||||||
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| Hangul | 주 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Hiragana | しゅう | ||||||||||||||||
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Zhou (Chinese: 州; pinyin: zhōu; lit. 'land') were historical administrative and political divisions of China. Formally established during the Han dynasty, zhou existed continuously for over 2000 years until the 1912 establishment of the Republic of China[citation needed]. Zhou were also once used in Korea (주, ju), Vietnam (Vietnamese: châu) and Japan (Hepburn: shū).