Memory phrase for the character: 島

島

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Meaning

island

Pronunciation

TŌ
shima

Explanation

 Top: variation of bird 鳥 (Image of a bird with head 白, wings 一, tail feather フ and talons 灬), bottom: mountain 山

Mnemonic
 
What (only) a bird can reach and where a mountain is: An island.

Radicals

鳥 birdThese radicals 鳥 and 隹 are equally used for "bird".
山 mountainPicture of a mountain with three peaks.




 Vocabulary

島 しま  island
列島 れっとう  chain of islands
半島 はんとう  peninsula

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