9 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1
JLPT exam level N1
continent, sandbar, island, country
Kun'yomi
しま
On'yomi
シュ ウ state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.) ②continent ③dear ス sandbank
Character Breakdown
Common Words
stairs at the front of a noh stage, which go over the white gravel separating the audience from the stage
References
| Unicode hex code | 6D32 |
| JIS X 0208 | 1-29-7 |
| Nelson, A. Classic Nelson | 2539 |
| Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary | 3120 |
| Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary | 391 |
| Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary | 467 |
| Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) | 291 |
| Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) | 352 |
| Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji | 2289 |
| Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. | 2386 |
| O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names | 820 |
| Morohashi Daikanwajiten | 17413 |
| Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana | 2138 |
| Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards | 1178 |
| Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code | 3a6.10 |
| Four corner code | 3210.0 |