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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

JLPT level: N1

1979 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 9

Meaning: continent, sandbar, island, country

Kunyomi: しま

Onyomi: シュウ, ス

Composition: 氵 州

洲

Radical

Radical: 水

Meaning: water

Reading: みず

Frequency: 1,595

Alternative forms:

氵(alt radical position hen)氺

水

Examples

Onyomi Examples

州 (シュウ) state (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.), province (e.g. of Canada), county (e.g. of the UK), region (e.g. of Italy), canton, oblast, continent, province (of Japan), province (of ancient China), prefecture, department, dear

大州 (タイシュウ) continent

六大州 (ロクダイシュウ) the six continents, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Europe and Australia

州 (ス) sandbank, sandbar

洲浜 (スハマ) sandy beach, sandbar that projects into the ocean, particularly in a wavy form, designs and objects with a wavy pattern, sweet mochi cake

白州 (シラス) white sandbar, white sandbank, area in a garden or entrance of a house laid with white sand or pebbles, gravel separating a noh stage from the audience, court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand

中州 (ナカス) sandbank (in a river), sandbar

Kunyomi Examples

秋津島 (あきつしま) Japan, Yamato Province

八洲 (やしま) Japan

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