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洲

zhōu

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

zhōu · zau1 (Jyutping)

  1. continent
  2. island in a river

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

洲

Meaning
continent; island; islet
Radical
氵
Strokes
9
Components
⿰氵州
Cangjie
EILL
Four-corner
3210.0

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