Kanji meanings › Sandbar
Kanji for Sandbar
The kanji for “sandbar” is 洲, read shuu and written in 9 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
洲
sandbar
An island or continent rising from the water.
9 strokes On reading シュウ、ス (shuu, su) Kun reading しま (shima) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: continent, sandbar, island, country
Readings used for names on Nazuke: shuu, su
In Japan it appears in about 89 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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