洲
continent; sandbar; island; country
9 strokes. Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names. Newspaper frequency rank 1979.
Readings
- シュウ (on reading): 満洲国 (まんしゅうこく) Manchukuo (Japanese Manchurian puppet state; 1932-1945); 大洲 (たいしゅう) continent
- ス (on reading): 洲 (す) sandbank; 洲浜 (すはま) sandy beach
- しま (kun reading): 秋津洲 (あきつしま) Japan; 大八洲 (おおやしま) Japan
Components
Words using 洲
- 満洲国 (まんしゅうこく) Manchukuo (Japanese Manchurian puppet state; 1932-1945)
- 大洲 (たいしゅう) continent
- 洲 (す) sandbank
- 洲浜 (すはま) sandy beach
- 川洲 (かわす) sandbank in a river
- 白洲梯子 (しらすばしご) stairs at the front of a noh stage, which go over the white gravel separating the audience from the stage
- 出洲 (でず) spit (of land)
- 秋津洲 (あきつしま) Japan
- 大八洲 (おおやしま) Japan
- 八洲国 (やしまくに) Japan
- 大八洲国 (おおやしまぐに) Japan
- 大日本豊秋津洲 (おおやまととよあきつしま) Honshū (largest of the four main islands of Japan)
- 洲 (ひじ) mid-ocean sandbank
14 words in all.