島 — island

しま島 island

Grade 3 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 10 strokes nature

U+5CF6 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #245 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #2098 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

island

word

しま・じま shima Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

島(しま) shima island 広(ひろ) 島(しま) hiroshima Hiroshima 福(ふく) 島(しま) fukushima Fukushima 中(なか) 島(じま) nakajima Nakajima (surname/place name) 大(おお) 島(しま) ooshima Oshima 竹(たけ) 島(しま) takeshima Takeshima (island) 小(こ) 島(じま) kojima small island 島(しま) 根(ね) shimane Shimane (prefecture)

とう tou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

半(はん) 島(とう) hantou peninsula 列(れっ) 島(とう) rettou archipelago 諸(しょ) 島(とう) shotou islands 朝(ちょう) 鮮(せん) 半(はん) 島(とう) chousenhantou Korean Peninsula 離(り) 島(とう) ritou remote island

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Components

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とり鳥 bird #196

やま山 mountain #46

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#46 山 mountain

島 — island

Meanings

word

しま・じま shima Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

とう tou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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島 — island

Meanings

word

しま ・じま shima Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

とう tou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

しま・じま shima Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).