Read Edit View history 洲 zhōu continent Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 州 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas zhōu × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 氵 is a component form of 水. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 洲 Simp strokes 洲 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 洲 Simp strokes 洲 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 洲 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 213, 751 ], [ 282, 703 ], [ 306, 663 ] ], [ [ 124, 551 ], [ 200, 500 ], [ 216, 478 ] ], [ [ 189, 71 ], [ 175, 98 ], [ 167, 145 ], [ 190, 192 ], [ 262, 384 ] ], [ [ 353, 473 ], [ 351, 432 ], [ 330, 344 ] ], [ [ 404, 661 ], [ 433, 643 ], [ 449, 625 ], [ 454, 470 ], [ 440, 328 ], [ 418, 256 ], [ 389, 196 ], [ 328, 119 ], [ 277, 81 ] ], [ [ 505, 482 ], [ 554, 413 ] ], [ [ 587, 679 ], [ 618, 643 ], [ 620, 618 ], [ 624, 490 ], [ 611, 246 ], [ 613, 188 ] ], [ [ 679, 505 ], [ 736, 446 ], [ 743, 416 ] ], [ [ 769, 791 ], [ 813, 751 ], [ 823, 738 ], [ 824, 723 ], [ 822, 217 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268 73 280 74 Q 322 77 386 155 Q 458 242 473 381 Q 483 466 481 594 Q 484 615 485 626 Q 489 647 468 656 Q 417 678 403 674 Q 382 670 400 648 Z", "M 504 459 Q 526 411 545 399 Q 555 395 564 401 Q 571 408 572 422 Q 572 452 520 484 Q 510 491 502 490 Q 498 490 497 481 Q 496 472 504 459 Z", "M 578 666 Q 624 549 582 272 Q 569 218 604 182 Q 613 172 622 182 Q 647 219 646 287 Q 642 296 641 504 Q 640 570 649 637 Q 655 659 635 669 Q 596 693 582 687 Q 575 680 578 666 Z", "M 687 470 Q 703 446 721 417 Q 728 404 742 401 Q 751 400 757 409 Q 764 419 763 445 Q 763 463 741 480 Q 690 517 676 514 Q 672 513 670 502 Q 671 492 687 470 Z", "M 778 72 Q 768 30 795 -30 Q 802 -48 810 -51 Q 817 -58 824 -50 Q 851 -28 849 33 Q 833 613 860 724 Q 869 740 866 753 Q 859 763 802 797 Q 778 813 757 797 Q 753 793 759 776 Q 795 727 795 669 Q 811 234 783 91 Q 780 82 778 72 Z" ] } 9 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick 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