島

しま · shima · JLPT N4 · noun

island

島 — island

🏝️ 島 = bird 鳥 perched on a mountain 山 in the sea

The kanji is 鳥 (bird) with its four dots replaced by 山 (mountain): a rock in the sea where birds land. For the sound, shima is the ending of Hiroshima and Fukushima, both written with 島.

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