島 dǎo

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Number of strokes

Traditional form

島 dǎo

Contains the radical

山 Shān

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

A bird 烏 wū perched atop a mountain 山 Shān

Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿹烏山

Explanation

Simplified form of 島 dǎo . Phonosemantic compound. 山 Shān represents the meaning and 鳥 niǎo represents the sound.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
岛 dǎo	island	島 dǎo
青岛 Qīng dǎo	Qingdao, subprovincial city in Shandong	青島
胰岛素 yí dǎo sù	insulin	胰島素
半岛 bàn dǎo	peninsula	半島
岛屿 dǎoyǔ	island	島嶼
长岛 Cháng dǎo	Changdao county in Yantai 煙台\|烟台 Yān tái [Yāntái], Shandong	長島
群岛 qún dǎo	archipelago	群島
朝鲜半岛 Cháo xiǎn Bàn dǎo	Korean Peninsula	朝鮮半島
小岛 Xiǎo dǎo	Kojima (Japanese surname and place name)	小島
青岛市 Qīng dǎo shì	Qingdao, subprovincial city in Shandong	青島市
海岛 hǎi dǎo	island	海島
冰岛 Bīng dǎo	Iceland	冰島
广岛 Guǎng dǎo	Hiroshima, Japan	廣島
孤岛 gū dǎo	isolated island	孤島
巴厘岛 Bā lí Dǎo	Bali (island in Indonesia)	巴厘島
秦皇岛 Qín huáng dǎo	Qinhuangdao prefecture level city in Hebei	秦皇島
环岛 huán dǎo	roundabout (traffic island)	環島
关岛 Guān Dǎo	Guam	關島
岛国 dǎo guó	island nation (sometimes refers specifically to Japan)	島國
荒岛 huāng dǎo	barren or uninhabited island	荒島
开曼群岛 Kāi màn Qún dǎo	Cayman Islands	開曼群島
钓鱼岛 Diào yú Dǎo	Diaoyu Islands	釣魚島
海南岛 Hǎi nán Dǎo	Hainan Island in South China Sea	海南島
千岛湖 Qiān dǎo Hú	Qiandao Lake in Zhejiang, aka Xin'an River Reservoir, created as part of a large hydroelectric project in 1959	千島湖
宝岛 Bǎo dǎo	Formosa	寶島