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Kanji Detail for 嶋 - "island"

嶋

  • Meaning

    嶋 means "island."

    1. Island - Land surrounded by water.

    2. Isle - A small isolated land mass.

  • Tattoo check: 嶋

    • Verified meaning: island
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read さきしま, しばざき, しま, じま)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 嶋

    Given names 嶋(のぞみ)Listen

    Surnames 嶋(さきしま)Listen 嶋(しばざき)Listen 嶋(しま)Listen 嶋(じま)Listen 嶋(しまさき)Listen 嶋(しまざき)Listen 嶋(しまみね)Listen 嶋(しまむね)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    island

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    island

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    variant of 島|岛[dao3], island; used as second component of Japanese names with phonetic value -shima or -jima

  • Onyomi

    tip

    toh(トウ) トウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    shima(しま) しま

  • Strokes

    tip

    14 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    山 (yama・yamahen・yamakammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    island archipelago atoll coastline peninsula shore surrounded water

Sentences including 嶋

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