島 — kanji meaning “island”
島
island
- Meanings
- island
- On'yomi
- トウ (tou)
- Kun'yomi
- しま
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- 3
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #245 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 46
- Chinese reading
- dǎo — Chinese character page
Words with 島
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 半島 | はんとう hantou | peninsula |
| 列島 | れっとう rettou | archipelago; chain of islands |
| 中島 | なかじま nakajima | island in a pond or river |
| 小島 | こじま kojima | small island; islet |
| 島根 | しまね shimane | Shimane (prefecture) |
| 朝鮮半島 | ちょうせんはんとう chousenhantou | Korean peninsula |
| 広島 | ひろしま hiroshima | Hiroshima (city, prefecture) |
| 孤島 | ことう kotou | solitary island; isolated island |
| 離島 | りとう ritou | isolated island; outlying island |
| 本島 | ほんとう hontou | main island |
| 島国 | しまぐに shimaguni | island country |
| 島々 | しまじま shimajima | islands |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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