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JLPT N1 · 9 strokes

The kanji 洲 — “sandbar, delta”

洲 means sandbar, delta and is a JLPT N1 kanji. It has 9 strokes and uses the water (three drops) radical (氵).

Stroke order · 9 strokes

On'yomi (音読み): シュウ、ス
Kun'yomi (訓読み): しま
Radical: 氵 · water (three drops)
Strokes: 9

How to remember 洲

A sandbar (州) rising in the middle of a river (氵) — a sandbank. 中洲 is Fukuoka's famous food district, right on a river sandbar!

Example words with 洲

Kun'yomi readings

中洲なかすNakasu (river sandbar; Fukuoka)

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