島 – island

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The kanji 島 means island. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is トウ (tou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is しま (shima). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 山 (no. 46).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	トウ	tou
Kun’yomi	しま	shima

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 山 (Kangxi radical 46). Components: 山・鳥・白.

Words using 島

島しまisland半島はんとうpeninsula列島れっとうarchipelago島とうIsland

Example sentences

その王は島を治めた。

The king reigned over the island.

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湿気の多い気候はその半島の特色です。

A humid climate is characteristic of the peninsula.

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ナポレオンはセントヘレナ島へ流された。

Napoleon was exiled to St. Helena.

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Kanji with the same radical

山岸崩岩岳峡峰嵐峠崇岬崖

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