Meanings

Continent, Sandbar, Island, Country

Radicals

氵

Decomposition

⿰氵州

Etymology

Ideographic: A state 州 surrounded by water 氵; 州 also provides the pronunciation

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 9

Stroke Order

1 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

2 dot bottom-to-top

3 rising bottom-to-top

4 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

5 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

6 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

7 vertical right-to-left

8 dot right-to-left

9 vertical right-to-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

シュウ shuu

ス su

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

しま shima

Words Using This Kanji

11 words total

Other (11 words)

Japan

mid-ocean sandbank

sandbank in a river

Japan

Japan

Japan

young striped mullet

spit (of land)

sandy beach

Honshū (largest of the four main islands of Japan)

八洲学園大学やしまがくえんだいがく

Yashima Gakuen University

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