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洲 (しま) — continent | Kumi Dictionary

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Kanji
洲

洲

洲しま

continent

Kanji Nature & Environment KMT10 N19 strokes

Hold to practice stroke order

Kun'yomi

しま

On'yomi

シュウス

continentsandbarislandcountry

ANIMATION

Stroke 0 / 9

Speed1.0x

Speed1.0x

Concepts using this kanji

Japan

Japan

Japan

八洲学園大学

Yashima Gakuen University

Japan

spit (of land)

sandbank in a river

大日本豊秋津洲

Honshū (largest of the four main islands of Japan)

young striped mullet

sandy beach

stairs at the front of a noh stage, which go over the white gravel separating the audience from the stage

mid-ocean sandbank

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