島

島 U+5CF6, 島 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5CF6 ← 峵 [U+5CF5] CJK Unified Ideographs 峷 → [U+5CF7]

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

• 搗, 﨩, 槝, 𦃭

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 312, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8108
• Dae Jaweon: page 612, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 775, character 14
• Unihan data for U+5CF6

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trad.		島
simp.		岛
alternative forms		㠀 嶋 嶌 隝 嶹／𫝵 㠀 嶋 嶌 隝 嶹／𫝵 隯／陦

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

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

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(deprecated template usage) 島

1. island

   孤島／孤岛  ―  gūdǎo  ―  isolated island

   群島／群岛  ―  qúndǎo  ―  archipelago

   半島／半岛  ―  bàndǎo  ―  peninsula

   海南島／海南岛  ―  Hǎinán Dǎo  ―  Hainan island

2. a surname

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• “島”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[2], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01120

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(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

• Go-on: とう (tō, Jōyō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}
• Kan-on: とう (tō, Jōyō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}
• Kun: しま (shima, 島, Jōyō)

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

• 嶋, 嶌

/sima/ → /ɕima/

From Old Japanese, ultimately from Proto-Japonic *sima.

Possibly related to Baekje 斯麻 (*syema, “island”) and Korean 섬 (seom, “island”).^[1]

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島(しま) • (shima) 

1. an island (land surrounded by water)
2. one's domain, territory, turf
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島(しま) • (Shima) 

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

/tau/ → /tɔː/ → /toː/

From Middle Chinese 島 (MC tawX).

島(とう) • (tō) ^{←たう (tau)?}

1. island

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From Middle Chinese 島 (MC tawX).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448	도ᇢ〯 (Yale: twǒw)
Middle Korean
Text	Eumhun
	Gloss (hun)	Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527[3]	셤〯 (Yale: syěm)	도〯 (Yale: twǒ)

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [to̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [도]

Wikisource

島 (eumhun 섬 도 (seom do))

1. hanja form^? of 도 (“island”)

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [4]

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島

• Kun: しまー (shimā)

From Proto-Ryukyuan *sima, from Proto-Japonic *sima.

• IPA^(key): /ɕimaː/

島 (hiragana しまー, romaji shimā)

1. a community
2. an island

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島

• Kun: すま (suma)

From Proto-Ryukyuan *sima, from Proto-Japonic *sima.

• IPA^(key): /ss̩ma/

島 (hiragana すま, romaji suma)

1. a community
2. an island

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(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

• On (unclassified): とー (tō)
• Kun: しま (shima, 島, Jōyō)

From Proto-Ryukyuan *sima, from Proto-Japonic *sima. Cognate with Japanese 島 (shima).

• IPA^(key): /ɕima/

島(しま) (shima) 

1. a community
2. an island

• “シマ” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary (archived; reopens 2024).

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From Proto-Japonic *sima.

島 (sima) (kana しま)

1. an island
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• Japanese: 島 (shima)

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島: Hán Việt readings: đảo (都(đô)老(lão)切(thiết))^[1][2][3][4]
島: Nôm readings: đảo^[1][3], láo^[5]

1. chữ Hán form of đảo (“island”).

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島

• Kun: しぃま (sïma)

From Proto-Ryukyuan *sima, from Proto-Japonic *sima.

• IPA^(key): /sɨma/

島 (hiragana しぃま, romaji sïma)

1. a community
2. an island

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島

• Kun: ちま (chima)

From Proto-Ryukyuan *sima, from Proto-Japonic *sima.

• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕima/

島 (hiragana ちま, romaji chima)

1. a community
2. an island