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島 kanji
island
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
On readings
トウ
Kun readings
しま
Variant forms
嶋嶌嶹Words with 島
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —遠島remote island; distant island; banishment to a remote island (Edo-period punishment)
- —比島the Philippines
- —膵島pancreatic islets; islets of Langerhans
- —帰島return to an island
- —来島arriving on an island; coming to an island
- —陸島continental island; island formed by separation from a continent
- —島外off an island; away from an island; off-island
- —島弧island arc; crescent-shaped archipelago
- —氷島ice island; Iceland
- —島名name of an island
- —渡島visiting an island; trip to an island
- —青島Qingdao (China); Tsingtao; Chingtao
- —七島seven islands (e.g. of Izu); Shichito matgrass (Cyperus malaccensis)
- —入島going onto an island; arriving on an island
- —多島海archipelago
- —島帝国island empire
- —無人島uninhabited island; desert island
- —火山島volcanic island
- —本島人inhabitants of the main island; native inhabitants of Taiwan (in contrast to Japanese colonists)
- —半島国peninsular country (e.g. Italy, Korea)