Kanji
洲
N1
9 strokes
Grade 9
freq #1979
continent, sandbar, island, country
On'yomi (音読み)
シュウ、 ス
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
しま
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
洲
ひじ
mid-ocean sandbank
川洲
かわす
sandbank in a river
白洲梯子
しらすばしご
stairs at the front of a noh stage, which go over the white gravel separating the audience from the stage
洲走
すばしり
young striped mullet
出洲
でず
spit (of land)
洲浜
すはま
sandy beach; sandbar that projects into the ocean, particularly in a wavy form
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
八洲
やしま
Japan
八洲国
やしまくに
Japan
大八洲
おおやしま
Japan
大八洲国
おおやしまぐに
Japan
大日本豊秋津洲
おおやまととよあきつしま
Honshū (largest of the four main islands of Japan); Honshu
八洲学園大学
やしまがくえんだいがく
Yashima Gakuen University