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-<WL>州 [zhōu] prefecture; 广州 Guǎngzhōu Canton
+<WL>州 [zhōu] prefecture (广州 Guǎngzhōu Canton); state@@; (HDZ:) 洲; …; (姓)
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-“Main lands inhabitable (isles or continents), surrounded by waters... composed of two 巛 superposed. 水中可居曰州。从重川。会意” —Wieger.
+The Shuōwén Seal form of 州(􁾢) zhōu ‘dry land’ is said to double 川(􁾗巛) chuān ‘river’, signifying dry rocks/land in the flowing confluence of rivers (river delta); formerly also wr. 𠃕(􁾣), later wr. 洲.
-	洲 zhōu ‘continent’ is written with 氵(水 shuǐ) ‘water’ added.
+	Note: The old meaning of 州 is now wr. 洲; today 州 is mainly used in place names, signifying ‘prefecture; state’.
+	“Main lands inhabitable (isles or continents), surrounded by waters... composed of two 巛 superposed. 水中可居曰州。从重川。会意” —Wieger.
+	Compare: 沙洲 shāzhōu ‘shoal/sandbank’; 三角洲 sānjiǎozhōu ‘river delta’; 大洲 dàzhōu ‘continent’.
+	HDZ: 州 : zhōu : 洲: 水中陆地; 地方行政区划名; (古) (单位) 户籍编制; (古国名); (古邑名); 一州的长官; 官舍; 聚集; 居住; 肛门; 殊, 不同; 浮; 时; (姓)
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