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洲 means 'sandbank'

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Strokes : 9    Frequency: 1678   Usefulness: 6    Study set: 6-1    Grade: 9   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 3 words   Used in 24 words   Used in 470 names   Not used as a component
Jinmeiyō (人名用)
On
   ス
On    シュウ
Kun    しま continent, sandbar, island, country
⿰   () water   state  
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洲 is not used in the most common form of any of the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese.
Across all words in Japanese, 洲 is used 23 times, read 3 ways.
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noun
sandbank in a river
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シュウ : 7 words FIND ALL
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noun
continent  (see also: 大陸, 五大州)
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しま : 4 words FIND ALL
noun
Japan  (see also: 大八洲国; abbreviation; archaic)
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An additional ス less common words include 洲 but the reading has not yet been categorized.

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ス    sandbank   
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シュウ    state, province, county   す sandbank   
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セン   かわ river   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
stick   
dot   
スイ   みず water   
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