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島

JLPT N2 SL3 10 strokes Frequency: #245

Meanings

Island

Radicals

山

Decomposition

⿹烏山

Etymology

Ideographic: A bird 烏 perched atop a mountain 山

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 10

Stroke Order

1 diagonal right-to-left

2 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

3 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

4 horizontal bottom-to-top

5 horizontal bottom-to-top

6 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

7 hook bottom-to-top

8 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

9 corner bottom-to-top

10 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

トウ tou

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

しま shima

Words Using This Kanji

249 words total

Other (20 words)

孤島ことう

solitary island

広島県ひろしまけん

Hiroshima prefecture (Chūgoku area)

鹿児島県かごしまけん

Kagoshima Prefecture (Kyūshū)

諸島しょとう

archipelago

小島こじま

small island

千島ちしま

Kurile Islands

全島ぜんとう

the whole island

多島海たとうかい

archipelago

中島なかじま

island in a pond or river

朝鮮半島ちょうせんはんとう

Korean peninsula

島育ちしまそだち

brought up on an island

島根県しまねけん

Shimane Prefecture (Chūgoku area)

島台しまだい

ornament representing the Isle of Eternal Youth

島内とうない

on an island

島国根性しまぐにこんじょう

island country mentality

島巡りしまめぐり

island tour

島帝国とうていこく

island empire

島民とうみん

islander

島陰しまかげ

lee of an island

群島ぐんとう

island group

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