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島

island
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingトウ
Kun readingしま
JōyōGrade 3
  1. one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.)
  2. one's turf

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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bird (鳥) · mountain (山)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2098

Compound words

群島ぐんとう
island group; archipelago
孤島ことう
solitary island; isolated island
諸島しょとう
archipelago; group of islands
小島こじま
small island; islet
千島ちしま
Kurile Islands
中島なかじま
island in a pond or river
島根しまね
Shimane (prefecture); island country
島内とうない
on an island; on-island
半島はんとう
peninsula; Korea
本島ほんとう
main island; this island
列島れっとう
archipelago; chain of islands
島国しまぐに
island country
島々しまじま
islands
離島りとう
isolated island; outlying island; leaving an island
広島ひろしま
Hiroshima (city, prefecture)
朝鮮半島ちょうせんはんとう
Korean peninsula
千島列島ちしまれっとう
Kurile Islands

Stroke Order

10 strokes

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