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Kanji Detail for 洲 - "island, continent"
洲
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Meaning
洲 means "island, continent."
Island - A sandbar; a small island in a river or lake.
Continent - A landmass; the five continents.
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- Verified meaning: island, continent
- Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
- Used in real Japanese given names (read くに, くにざき, しま, しまざき)
A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.
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Name readings of 洲
Given names 洲(くに)
Surnames 洲(くにざき)
洲(しま)
洲(しまざき)
洲(しゅう)
洲(すが)
洲(すさき)
洲(すざき)
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
continent; sandbar; island; country
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
continent; island; islet
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
continent; island in a river
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
continent; island
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
An islet in water. A habitable place in water is called 洲. | A continent. On Earth there are six continents: Asia, Europe, Africa, America, Oceania, and Antarctica.
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Sentences including 洲
More kanji with the radical 水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)
- 水 water, waterways, to draw water
- 氷 ice, to freeze
- 永 eternal, long
- 氾 to overflow, to spread, wide
- 汀 shore, waterside, calm water
- 汁 juice, soup, sap
- 汎 wide
- 汐 evening tide
- 汗 sweat, khan
- 汚 dirty, to dirty, stain
- 汝 you, thou
- 江 river, inlet, yangtze
- 池 pond, pool
- 求 to seek, to request, desire
- 汰 washing, sieving, filtering, weeding out, luxury
- 汲 to draw water
- 決 decide
- 汽 steam
- 沃 fertile
- 沈 to sink, depressed, quiet
- 沌 chaos, confusion
- 沖 open sea, offing, rise high into sky
- 沙 sand
- 没 to sink, to die, to disappear
- 沢 marsh, luster
- 沓 shoes, boots