Chinese symbol for “archipelago”
列岛
liè dǎo
Traditional: 列島
archipelago; chain of islands
The closest CC-CEDICT match for archipelago is 列岛 (liè dǎo), defined as: archipelago; chain of islands.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “archipelago”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 列岛.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 系列 | xì liè | series; set |
| 一系列 | yī xì liè | a series of; a string of |
| 列为 (列為) | liè wéi | to be classified as |
| 列车 (列車) | liè chē | (railway) train |
| 列入 | liè rù | to include on a list |
| 排列 | pái liè | to arrange in order; (math.) permutation |
| 岛屿 (島嶼) | dǎo yǔ | island |
| 半岛 (半島) | bàn dǎo | peninsula |
See also: Japanese symbol for “archipelago”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.