島

🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷

岛

🇨🇳

island

HSK 10 N2

Nature →Elements

dǎo

トウ

しま

도

Phonosemantic compound. 山 represents the meaning and 鳥 represents the sound.

Components

山 mountain+ 鳥 bird =

島 island

山 Meaning component

shān mountain

mountain, hill, peak

鳥 Phonetic component

bird

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Notes

Historical Evolution

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

島

Regular

Modern

Chinese

岛 / 島 [dǎo]

island; CL:個|个[gè],座[zuò]

Japanese

島、嶋 (rare) しま同音

noun

island
usually kana one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.); one's turf (usu. written as シマ)

島とう同音

suffix Island (in place names)
n-sufnoun insula; island; islet (sometimes read しま)

Example Sentences

🇯🇵 (2)

その王は島を治めた。

The king reigned over the island.

ナポレオンはセントヘレナ島へ流された。

Napoleon was exiled to St. Helena.

Japanese Names

島しのざき

Shinozaki surname

島しま

Shima surname

島しまさき

Shimasaki surname

島しまざき

Shimazaki surname

島しまみね

Shimamine unclassified name

島しまむね

Shimamune unclassified name

島よしざき

Yoshizaki surname

CHINESE WORDS (200)

青岛 [Qīngdǎo] #17,986

Qingdao, subprovincial city in Shandong

胰岛素 [yídǎosù] #12,934

Changdao county in Yantai 煙台|烟台[Yāntái], Shandong

群岛 [qúndǎo] #9,799

group of islands

朝鲜半岛 [CháoxiǎnBàndǎo] #12,240

Korean Peninsula

小岛 [Xiǎodǎo] #34,131

Kojima (Japanese surname and place name)

青岛市 [Qīngdǎoshì] #13,552

Qingdao, subprovincial city in Shandong

海岛 [hǎidǎo] #25,209

island

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JAPANESE WORDS (200)

Hiroshima (city, prefecture)

⭐ 中島 [なかじま] #20,666

island in a pond or river

⭐ 小島 [こじま] #20,729

small island

島田 [しまだ] #20,945

pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period

福島 [ふくしま] #22,679

Fukushima (city, prefecture)

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KOREAN WORDS (8)