洲 U+6D32, 洲 ← 洱[U+6D31] CJK Unified Ideographs 洳 →[U+6D33] Stroke order
洲 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+6, 9 strokes, Cangjie input 水戈中中 (EILL), four-corner 32100, composition ⿰氵州)
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 622, character 9
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17413
- Dae Jaweon: page 1018, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1616, character 6
- Unihan data for U+6D32
trad. 洲 simp. # 洲
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tju): semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 州 (OC *tju).
Unknown.
According to the Erya and the Shiming, the following characters show some notable semantic relations (Schuessler, 2007)
渚 (OC *tjaʔ, “islet”) is smaller than 洲 (OC *tju) 沚 (OC *kjɯʔ, “islet”) is smaller than 渚 (OC *tjaʔ) 坻 (OC *tiːlʔ, *tjelʔ, *dil, “islet”) is smaller than 沚 (OC *kjɯʔ)
洲
- islet in a river 沙洲 ― shāzhōu ― sandbank
- 關關雎鳩，在河之洲。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]关关雎鸠，在河之洲。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge’s versionGuānguān jūjiū, zài hé zhī zhōu. [Pinyin]Guan-guan go the ospreys, On the islet in the river.
- 奮勉不放逸，克己自調御，智者自作洲，不為洪水沒。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]奋勉不放逸，克己自调御，智者自作洲，不为洪水没。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]From: 法句經 (Fǎjùjīng) (the Dhammapada)Fènmiǎn bù fàngyì, kè jǐ zì diào yù, zhìzhě zì zuò zhōu, bù wèi hóngshuǐ mò. [Pinyin]The wise person creates an island that no flood can overwhelm through determined effort, not being heedless, discipline and self-mastery.
- continent 亞洲／亚洲 ― Yàzhōu ― Asia
- 萬曆時，其國人利瑪竇至京師，為《萬國全圖》，言天下有五大洲。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]万历时，其国人利玛窦至京师，为《万国全图》，言天下有五大洲。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]From: 17th-18th century, History of MingWànlì shí, qí guó rén Lìmǎdòu zhì jīngshī, wéi “Wànguóquántú”, yán tiānxià yǒu wǔdàzhōu. [Pinyin]During the Wanli era, a man from the country called Ricci went to the capital and produced A Map of the Myriad Countries; he said there were five continents in the world.
- a surname, Zhou
- (continent): 大洲 (dàzhōu)
- “洲”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014-
(Jinmeiyō kanji)
- continent
- Go-on: す (su)
- Kan-on: しゅう (shū)
- Kun: しま (shima, 洲)
In modern Japanese, 洲 is mostly replaced by 州, due to the deprecation of non-tōyō kanji caused by the Japanese script reform.
Kanji in this term 洲 しゅうJinmeiyō kan’on For pronunciation and definitions of 洲 – see the following entry. 【州しゅう】3 [suffix] continent [suffix] used in place names (This term, 洲, is an alternative spelling (dated) of the above term.)
- “▲洲”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015-2026
From Middle Chinese 洲 (MC tsyuw). Recorded as Middle Korean 쥬 (cywu) (Yale: cyu) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
洲 (eumhun 물가 주 (mulga ju))
- hanja form? of 주 (“continent”)
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [3]
洲: Hán Nôm readings: chao, châu
- shake; float
- continent
- Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
- Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
- Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville
- L.m. An-tôn Trần Văn Kiệm: Giúp Đọc Nôm Và Hán Việt, NXB Đà Nẵng, 2004
