Chinese Character 洲 Meanings and components.

Form

洲

Meaning

洲 meaning[3] in English

Continent.

Island In A River.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 洲 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'water' radical in … (氵) , and prefecture (州)

Its radical[1] is: 水 (shui3) which means: Surname Shui, .水shui3surname Shui

In cangjie it is written with EILL

How to write 洲

To write洲zhou1continent you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 州zhou1prefecture arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 州 = 洲

洲 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 洲 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 洲, looks as follow:

洲
Pinyin:zhou1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Continent . Island In A River
氵
Pinyin:shui5
Meaning[3]: 'Water' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 85), Occurring In 没, 法, 流 Etc . See Also 三點水|三点水[San1 Dian3 Shui3]
州
Pinyin:zhou1 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Prefecture . (Old) Province . (Old) Administrative Division . State (E.G. Of Us) . Oblast (Russia) . Canton (Switzerland)

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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