Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N2

245 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: island

Kunyomi: しま

Onyomi: トウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: やま

Meaning: mountain

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

民(とうみん)   islander

日本列(にほんれっとう)   Japanese archipelago

(はんとう)   peninsula

無人(むじんとう)   deserted island

(しま)   island

国(しまぐに)   island country

(たからじま)   treasure island

々(しまじま)   islands

Onyomi Examples

トウ Island, insula, island, islet

シマグニ island country

チシマレットウ Kurile Islands

レットウ archipelago, chain of islands

Kunyomi Examples

しま island, one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang), one's turf

しまぐに island country

ちしま Kurile Islands

ひろしま Hiroshima (city, prefecture)