島

See also: 岛, 嶋, 嶌, and 嶹

島	U+5CF6, 島 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5CF6

← 峵
[U+5CF5]

CJK Unified Ideographs

峷 →
[U+5CF7]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

島 (radical 46, 山+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹日卜山 (HAYU), four-corner 2772₇)

References[edit]

KangXi: page 312, character 4
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8108
Dae Jaweon: page 612, character 11
Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 775, character 14
Unihan data for U+5CF6

Chinese[edit]

trad.		島
simp.		岛
variant forms		㠀嶋嶌

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Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 島
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (鳥) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
島	*tuːwʔ
搗	*taːwʔ
鵃	rtɯːw, rtɯːw, *tjiw
瞗	*tɯːw
鳥	*tɯːwʔ
蔦	tɯːwʔ, tɯːws
窵	*tɯːws

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *tuːwʔ): phonetic 鳥 (OC *tɯːwʔ) + semantic 山 (“mountain”).

島

Etymology[edit]

Reminiscent of Mon လ္ကံ (from Proto-Mon-Khmer *tkɔɔʔ), but probably not related (Schuessler, 2007).

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation[edit]

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dǎo (dao³)

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˇ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): dou²

(Taishan, Wiktionary): au²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): tó

(Meixian, Guangdong): dau³
Min Dong (BUC): dō̤
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): tó / tó͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): dao²
Wu (Wiktionary): tau (T2)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: dǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˇ
  - Wade–Giles: tao³
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dao
  - IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: dou²
  - Yale: dóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: dou²
  - IPA ^(key): /tou̯³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: au²
  - IPA ^(key): /au⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tó
  - Hakka Romanization System: do`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: do³
  - IPA: /to³¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: dau³
  - IPA: /tau³¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: dō̤
  - IPA ^(key): /to³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Kinmen, Taichung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tó
  - Tâi-lô: tó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doir
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kinmen): /to⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Hsinchu, Yilan, Magong, Lukang, Sanxia)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tó͘
  - Tâi-lô: tóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dor
  - IPA (Taipei): /tɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dao²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: táu
  - IPA ^(key): /tau⁵²/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: tau (T2)
  - IPA ^(key): /tɔ³⁴/

Middle Chinese: /tɑu^X/▼

Rime
Character	島
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	都晧切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tɑu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/tɑu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/tɑu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/taw^X/
Li Rong	/tɑu^X/
Wang Li	/tɑu^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/tɑu^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dǎo

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*tˤuʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*tuːwʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	島
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dǎo
Middle Chinese	‹ taw^X ›
Old Chinese	/*tˁuʔ/
English	island
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	島
Reading #	1/1
No.	9507
Phonetic component	鳥
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	倒
Old Chinese	/*tuːwʔ/

Definitions[edit]

島

island

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms from 島

丕林島／丕林岛
中南半島／中南半岛 (Zhōngnán Bàndǎo)
中沙群島／中沙群岛 (Zhōngshā Qúndǎo)
中途島／中途岛 (Zhōngtú Dǎo)
九龍半島／九龙半岛 (Jiǔlóng Bàndǎo)
亞速群島／亚速群岛
交通島／交通岛 (jiāotōngdǎo)
人工島／人工岛
伊斯特島／伊斯特岛
伊豆半島／伊豆半岛 (Yīdòu Bàndǎo)
冰島／冰岛 (Bīngdǎo)
冰島漁夫／冰岛渔夫
分向島／分向岛
分道島／分道岛
列島／列岛 (lièdǎo)
勿里洞島／勿里洞岛
北島／北岛 (Běidǎo)
千島群島／千岛群岛 (Qiāndǎo Qúndǎo)
半島／半岛 (bàndǎo)
南沙群島／南沙群岛 (Nánshā Qúndǎo)
南洋群島／南洋群岛
印度半島／印度半岛 (Yìndù Bàndǎo)
厄爾巴島／厄尔巴岛
呂宋島／吕宋岛
團沙群島／团沙群岛
塞班島／塞班岛 (Sàibān Dǎo)
太陽島／太阳岛 (Tàiyángdǎo)
威克島／威克岛
孤島／孤岛 (gūdǎo)
安全島／安全岛 (ānquándǎo)
安汶島／安汶岛
寶島／宝岛 (Bǎodǎo)
山東半島／山东半岛 (Shāndōng Bàndǎo)
島國／岛国 (dǎoguó)
島夷／岛夷
島宇宙／岛宇宙

瓊州島／琼州岛
皮島／皮岛
砂島／砂岛
硫磺群島／硫磺群岛
社會群島／社会群岛 (Shèhuì Qúndǎo)
秦皇島／秦皇岛 (Qínhuángdǎo)
絕島／绝岛
綠島／绿岛 (Lǜdǎo)
綠色矽島／绿色矽岛
群島／群岛 (qúndǎo)
群島主義／群岛主义
胰島素／胰岛素 (yídǎosù)
舟山群島／舟山群岛 (Zhōushān Qúndǎo)
荒島／荒岛 (huāngdǎo)
葫蘆島／葫芦岛 (Húlúdǎo)
蓬島／蓬岛
蓬萊仙島／蓬莱仙岛 (Pénglái Xiāndǎo)
薩摩斯島／萨摩斯岛
蘭氏小島／兰氏小岛
西奈半島／西奈半岛 (Xīnài Bàndǎo)
西沙群島／西沙群岛 (Xīshā Qúndǎo)
西蘭島／西兰岛
西西里島／西西里岛 (Xīxīlǐ Dǎo)
赤道群島／赤道群岛
遼東半島／辽东半岛 (Liáodōng Bàndǎo)
郊寒島瘦／郊寒岛瘦
金銀島／金银岛
長島／长岛 (Chángdǎo)
關島／关岛 (Guāndǎo)
離島／离岛 (lídǎo)
雷州半島／雷州半岛 (Léizhōu Bàndǎo)
香料群島／香料群岛
馬來半島／马来半岛 (Mǎlái Bàndǎo)
馬來群島／马来群岛 (Mǎlái Qúndǎo)
鹿兒島／鹿儿岛 (Lù'érdǎo)

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

Readings[edit]

Go-on: とう (tō, Jōyō)
Kan-on: とう (tō, Jōyō)
Kun: しま (shima, 島, Jōyō)
Nanori: しま (shima)

Compounds[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Kanji in this term
島
しま Grade: 3
kun’yomi

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Pronunciation[edit]

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) しま [shìmáꜜ] (Odaka – [o])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [ɕima̠]

Noun[edit]

島 (hiragana しま, rōmaji shima)

an island

Proper noun[edit]

島 (hiragana しま, rōmaji Shima)

A surname.

Etymology 2[edit]

Kanji in this term
島
とう Grade: 3
on’yomi

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Suffix[edit]

島 (hiragana とう, rōmaji -tō)

island (in place names)

References[edit]

^ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

島 (eumhun 섬 도 (seom do))

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Kunigami[edit]

Kanji[edit]

島

Kun: しまー (shimaa)

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ɕimaː/

Noun[edit]

島 (hiragana しまー, romaji shimaa)

Miyako[edit]

Kanji[edit]

島

Kun: すま (suma)

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ss̩ma/

Noun[edit]

島 (hiragana すま, romaji suma)

Okinawan[edit]

Kanji[edit]

島

Kun: しま (shima)

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ɕima/

Noun[edit]

島 (hiragana しま, romaji shima)

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

島 (đảo, láo)

island

Compounds[edit]

半島 (bán đảo)

Usage notes[edit]

Chữ Nôm. The modern Vietnamese word for island is đảo.

References[edit]

www.chunom.org

Yaeyama[edit]

Kanji[edit]

島

Kun: しぃま (sïma)

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /sɨma/

Noun[edit]

島 (hiragana しぃま, romaji sïma)

Yonaguni[edit]

Kanji[edit]

島

Kun: ちま (chima)

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /t͡ɕima/

Noun[edit]

島 (hiragana ちま, romaji chima)

[NHK-1] 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

[1]

島

Contents

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

Chinese[edit]

Glyph origin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Definitions[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Suffix[edit]

References[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

Kunigami[edit]

Kanji[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Miyako[edit]

Kanji[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Okinawan[edit]

Kanji[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Usage notes[edit]

References[edit]

Yaeyama[edit]

Kanji[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Yonaguni[edit]

Kanji[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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