Kanji

島

island

Kanji

Grade

Grade 3

Strokes

10 strokes

Radical

山部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

トウ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

しま

Nanori (Name Reading)

しま

Common Readings

トウ, しま

Example sentences

しま
夏休み 家族 一緒に 小さな 行った

During the summer vacation, I went to a small island with my family.

ぐん
その 野生 生息 している

A herd of wild horses lives on that island.

無人島 むじんとう
遭難 して 無人島 漂着 した

He was shipwrecked and washed up on an uninhabited island.

生存 せいぞん
無人島 生存 食料 確保 なる

Survival on a deserted island depends on securing water and food.

孤島 ことう
絶海 孤島 一ヶ月 生き延びた

He survived for a month on a solitary island in the distant sea.

絶海 ぜっかい
絶海 孤島 一人 住んでいる

He lives alone on a remote island in the middle of the ocean.

島国 しまぐに
日本 四方 囲まれた 島国 です

Japan is an island nation surrounded on all sides by the sea.

国境 こっきょう
島国 ある 日本 陸上 国境 ない

As an island nation, Japan has no land borders.

広島 ひろしま
広島 世界遺産 ある 原爆ドーム ある

There is the Atomic Bomb Dome, a World Heritage site, in Hiroshima.

原爆 げんばく
広島 原爆 ドーム ある

There is the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima.

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