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洲 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「氵」

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準1University / general ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「氵」
On
シュウ・スしゅう・す · shū · su
Kun
しまshima
Meaning
sandbank; continent

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

氵 "water" with 州: the sandbank built up midstream, and by extension a continent.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 三角洲さんかくす

    delta

  • 欧洲おうしゅう

    Europe

More words with this kanji

  • 濠洲ごうしゅう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

川口(かわぐち)に大(おお)きな三角(さんかく)洲(す)ができた。

A large delta has formed at the river mouth.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

三角洲欧洲三角洲洲三three欧Europe角corner汀water’…汝thou汐evenin…沌primev…汲draw…什utensi…酋chieft…柊holly笥box萩bush…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 氵Map of reading シュウAll maps

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