洲 — kanji meaning “continent”
洲
continent, sandbar, island, country
- Meanings
- continent, sandbar, island, country
- On'yomi
- シュウ (shuu)、ス (su)
- Kun'yomi
- しま
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- 9
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1979 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 85
- Chinese reading
- zhōu — Chinese character page
Words with 洲
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 洲浜 | すはま suhama | sandy beach; sandbar that projects into the ocean, particularly in a wavy form |
| 八洲 | やしま yashima | Japan |
| 川洲 | かわす kawasu | sandbank in a river |
| 八洲国 | やしまくに yashimakuni | Japan |
| 大八洲 | おおやしま ooyashima | Japan |
| 大八洲国 | おおやしまぐに ooyashimaguni | Japan |
| 白洲梯子 | しらすばしご shirasubashigo | stairs at the front of a noh stage, which go over the white gravel separating the audience from the stage |
| 洲走 | すばしり subashiri | young striped mullet |
| 出洲 | でず dezu | spit (of land) |
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