Chinese symbol for “islander”
岛民
dǎo mín
Traditional: 島民
islander
The closest CC-CEDICT match for islander is 岛民 (dǎo mín), defined as: islander.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 岛民.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 岛屿 (島嶼) | dǎo yǔ | island |
| 半岛 (半島) | bàn dǎo | peninsula |
| 群岛 (群島) | qún dǎo | group of islands; archipelago |
| 小岛 (小島) | xiǎo dǎo | isle |
| 岛国 (島國) | dǎo guó | island nation (sometimes refers specifically to Japan) |
| 海岛 (海島) | hǎi dǎo | island |
| 人民 | rén mín | the people |
| 民主 | mín zhǔ | democracy; democratic |
See also: Japanese symbol for “islander”.
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.