漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
洲: continent, sandbar
Also: island, country
JLPT N19 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
氵 carries the meaning · 州 is drawn in
9 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
シュウshuu · on'yomi · in compounds
- 洲しゅうstate (of the US, Australia, India…
スsu · on'yomi
- 砂洲さすsandbar; sandbank; shoal
- 中洲なかすsandbank (in a river); sandbar
Also read しま, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine three raindrops falling—that's sanzui! Whenever you see these three dots on the left side of a kanji, think of water, liquids, or anything that flows.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
州
Also built on state (州)
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · zhōu
Same form: 洲 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 洲 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 洲 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zhōu most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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