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    3. 洲

    洲

    洲しま

    continent

    N1KMT10Freq #1979Nature & EnvironmentAmbiguous glossKanji9 strokes

    組

    洲洲

    A small state, barely above the water, forms a sandbar.

    Kun'yomi

    しま

    On'yomi

    シュウス

    continentsandbarislandcountry

    氵州

    氵
    水
    丶
    川
    巛

    Stroke 0 / 9

    Speed1.0x

    浅海洪活浄洗津洞浅洒洋海洪活浄洗津洞派洛洸

    Alternative forms of this concept

    氵
    氺

    Concepts using this kanji

    大八洲国

    Japan

    大八洲

    Japan

    八洲国

    Japan

    八洲学園大学

    Yashima Gakuen University

    八洲

    Japan

    出洲

    spit (of land)

    川洲

    sandbank in a river

    大日本豊秋津洲

    Honshū (largest of the four main islands of Japan)

    洲走

    young striped mullet

    洲浜

    sandy beach

    白洲梯子

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

    洲

    mid-ocean sandbank

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    浅

    shallow

    海

    sea

    洪

    deluge

    活

    lively

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    Related concepts for this entry

    Used in vocabulary

    • 丶
    • 川
    • 巛
    • 氵
    • 水

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    • 八洲
    • 洲
    • 川洲
    • 八洲国
    • 大八洲
    • 大八洲国
    • 白洲梯子
    • 洲走
    • 出洲
    • 洲浜
    • 大日本豊秋津洲
    • 八洲学園大学

    Similar concepts

    • 浅
    • 海
    • 洪
    • 活
    • 浄
    • 洗
    • 津
    • 洞
    • 洒
    • 洋
    • 派
    • 洛
    • 洸

    Variants

    • 氺

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