Kanji N2

島: island

島 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning island, written with 10 strokes. It is read トウ (on) and しま (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 3. You will see it in 島 (しま, island) and 半島 (はんとう, peninsula).

島

Meanings

  • island
Strokes10
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 3
Frequency#245 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • トウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • しま

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 島

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 島しま

    island

    JLPT N4
  • 半島はんとう

    peninsula

    JLPT N2
  • 列島れっとう

    archipelago; chain of islands

    JLPT N2
  • 中島なかじま

    island in a pond or river

  • 小島こじま

    small island; islet

  • 島根しまね

    Shimane (prefecture)

  • 島国しまぐに

    island country

  • 本島ほんとう

    main island

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.