洲 = 氵 + 州

洲 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “continent”. It is built from 氵 (water) and 州 (administrative division).

Keyword: continent
Pinyin (Mandarin): zhōu
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: континент
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 洲 continent

Decomposition

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氵 water
州 administrative division

How to find 洲 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “water” + “administrative division”. 洲 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 洲 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.