The kanji 島: meaning, readings and stroke order

島

Meaning: island
On reading: トウ tou
Kun reading: しま shima
Strokes: 10
Radical: 山 mountain
Level: Level 3 · grade 3

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: hòn đảo (đảo)
Japanese: しま。
Korean: 섬 (도)
Chinese: 岛

Readings, words and example sentences

トウ tou · on reading

半はん島とう
peninsula
南の 半はん島とうへ行きます。
I am going to the peninsula in the south.

しま shima · kun reading

島しま
island
小さな 島しまに船でわたります。
We take a boat to a small island.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.