洲 (zau1 | zhou1) : continent; islet

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洲

zau1

zhou1

continent; islet; sandbar; shoal; sandbank

Stroke count: 9

Level: 1

Radical: 水 (#85)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

洲

Don't confuse with:
州卅

This word has been viewed 11949 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th May 2015 01:32

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三角洲 saam1 gok3 zau1 san1 jiao3 zhou1 = (river) delta

澳洲 ou3 zau1 ao4 zhou1 = Australia

非洲 fei1 zau1 fei1 zhou1 = Africa

北美洲 bak1 mei5 zau1 bei3 mei3 zhou1 = North America

南美洲 naam4 mei5 zau1 nan2 mei3 zhou1 = South America

中美洲 zung1 mei5 zau1 zhong1 mei3 zhou1 = Central America

美洲 mei5 zau1 mei3 zhou1 = America

歐洲 au1 zau1 ou1 zhou1 = Europe

亞洲 aa3 zau1 ya3 zhou1 (Taiwan), ya4 zhou1 (PRC) = Asia

南極洲 naam4 gik6 zau1 nan2 ji2 zhou1 = Antarctica
See all 108 compounds (CantoDict reports 126 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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Decimal representation of this word: 洲
Unicode code for this character: U+6d32 (off-site link)

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