漢字道KANJIDO

10 strokesRadical

8Elementary year 310 strokesRadical
On
トウ
Kun
しま
Meaning
island

Origin

ORIGIN

鳥 (bird, phonetic) + 山 (mountain) — birds rest on a mountain in the sea: an island.

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Readings and examples

OFFICIAL READINGS

トウ島民・半島・列島
しま島・島国・離れ島

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

Compounds

COMPOUNDS

  • 半島はんとう

    peninsula

  • 島国しまぐに

    island country

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

小さな 島に ふねで わたりました。

I crossed to the small island by boat.

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