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{{character info}}
==Translingual==
{{stroke order|strokes=9}}

===Han character===
{{Han char|rn=85|rad=水|as=06|sn=9|four=32100|canj=EILL|ids=⿰氵州}}

====References====
* {{Han ref|kx=0622.090|dkj=17413|dj=1018.070|hdz=31616.060|uh=6D32|ud=27954|bh=AC77|bd=44151}}

==Chinese==
{{zh-forms}}

===Glyph origin===
{{Han etym}}
{{Han compound|水|州|ls=psc|c1=s|c2=p|t1=water}}.

===Etymology===
{{unknown|zh}}.

According to the ''{{w|Erya}}'' and the ''{{w|Shiming}}'', the following characters show some notable semantic relations ({{zh-ref|Schuessler, 2007}})
: {{och-l|渚|islet}} is smaller than {{och-l|洲}}
: {{och-l|沚|islet}} is smaller than {{och-l|渚}}
: {{och-l|坻|islet}} is smaller than {{och-l|沚}}

===Pronunciation===
{{zh-pron
|m=zhōu
|ma=y
|m-s=
|dg=
|c=zau1
|c-t=ziu1
|g=ziu1
|h=pfs=chû;gd=zu1
|j=zou1
|mb=ciú
|md=ciŭ
|mn=chiu
|mn-t=ziu1
|w=sh:1tseu
|x=zhou1
|mc=y
|oc=y
|cat=n,pn
}}

===Definitions===
{{head|zh|hanzi}}

# [[islet]] in a [[river]]
#: {{zh-x|沙洲|sandbank}}
#* {{zh-x|^關關 雎鳩，在 河 之 洲。|Guan-guan go the ospreys, On the '''islet''' in the river.|ref=Shijing}}
# [[continent]]
#: {{zh-x|^亞洲|Asia}}
#* {{zh-x|^萬曆 時，其 國 人 ^利-瑪-竇 至 京師，為{wéi}《^萬國-全-圖》，言 天下 有 五大洲。|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.|CL|ref=Mingshi}}
# {{surname|zh}}: [[Zhou]]

====Synonyms====
* {{s|continent}} {{zh-l|大洲}}

===Compounds===
{{col3|zh|北美洲|南美洲|三角洲|南極洲|七大洲|北俱盧洲|偽滿洲國|四大洲|亞洲|島洲|亞細亞洲|北滿洲|南滿洲|六大洲|南贍部洲|中美洲|亞洲鐵人|婆羅洲|大洋洲|五洲四海|五大洲|拉丁美洲|歐洲議會|洲場|汀洲|滿洲國|湄洲|星洲|瀛洲|歐洲|白蘋洲//白𬞟洲|百花洲|白鷺洲|瀛洲玉雨|澳洲|瓜洲|沙洲|歐洲美元|澳洲鱷魚|滿洲|滄洲|洲際飛彈|洲際|洲渚|美洲|鸚鵡洲|美洲組織|蘆洲|蘆洲蟹舍|非洲|美洲虎|非洲菫|非洲菊|非洲綠猴|芳洲|非洲象|美洲豹|非洲鼓|赤道非洲|綠洲|老洲|新洲|天鵝洲|三洲|東洲|上洲|中洲|下洲|百里洲|白沙洲|五家洲|子洲|株洲}}

===References===
* {{R:yue:Hanzi}}

{{cat|cmn|Advanced Mandarin}}
{{C|zh|Landforms|Geography}}

==Japanese==

===Kanji===
{{ja-kanji|grade=|rs=水06}}

# [[continent]]

====Readings====
{{ja-readings
|goon=す
|kanon=しゅう
|kun=しま-
}}

====Compounds====
{{col5|ja|{{ja-l|欧洲}}
|{{ja-l|五大洲}}
|{{ja-l|濠洲|ごうしゅう|Gōshū}}
|{{ja-l|砂洲}}
|{{ja-l|坐洲}}, {{ja-l|座洲}}
|{{ja-l|三角洲}}
|{{ja-l|川洲}}
|{{ja-l|大八洲}}
|{{ja-l|大八洲国}}
|{{ja-l|中洲}}
|{{ja-l|白洲}}
|{{ja-l|八洲}}
|{{ja-l|八洲国}}
|{{ja-l|満洲}}
}}

====Usage notes====
{{ja-toyo-depre|州}}

===Definitions===
{{ja-kanjitab|しゅう|yomi=kanon}}
{{ja-see|州}}

==Korean==

===Etymology===
From {{der|ko|ltc|-}} {{ltc-l|洲|id=1}}. {{hanja-hunmong|쥬|cyu|地理#상04B}}

===Hanja===
{{ko-hanja-search}}
{{ko-hanja|물가|주}}

# {{hanja form of|주|[[continent]]}}

====Compounds====
{{top3}}
* {{ko-l|^만주|滿洲}}
* {{ko-l|만주족|滿洲族}}
* {{ko-l|^미주|美洲}}
* {{ko-l|^아주|亞洲}}
* {{ko-l|오대주|五大洲}}
* {{ko-l|^호주|濠洲}}
{{bottom}}

===References===
* {{R:hanjadoc|5946}}

==Vietnamese==

===Han character===
{{vi-readings|reading=chao, châu|rs=水06}}

# [[shake]]; [[float]]
# [[continent]]

====References====
* 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