Kanji

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
夏休みには、家族と一緒に小さな島へ行った。

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

ぐん
その島には、野生の馬の群が生息している。

A herd of wild horses lives on that island.

無人島 むじんとう
彼は遭難して無人島に漂着した。

He was shipwrecked and washed up on an uninhabited island.

生存 せいぞん
無人島での生存は、水と食料の確保が鍵となる。

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

孤島 ことう
彼は絶海の孤島で一ヶ月間生き延びた

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

絶海 ぜっかい
絶海の孤島に一人で住んでいる。

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

島国 しまぐに
日本は四方を海に囲まれた島国です。

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

国境 こっきょう
島国である日本には陸上の国境がない。

As an island nation, Japan has no land borders.

広島 ひろしま
広島には、世界遺産である原爆ドームがある。

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

原爆 げんばく
広島には原爆ドームがある。

There is the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima.

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