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洲

洲: sandbar

sandbar; continent
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Readings

On
シュウ・ス
Kun
しま

An older variant of 州: す for sandbars (中洲, 三角洲), しゅう for continents (欧洲).

Key words

中洲なかすsandbank in a river
三角洲さんかくすriver delta
欧洲おうしゅうEurope (old spelling)
洲すsandbank

Example sentences

White birds were resting on a sandbar in the river.

A delta forms at the mouth of a large river.

On my grandfather's old map, the characters 欧洲 were used.

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