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Kanji for Island
The kanji for “island” is 島, read tou and written in 10 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
島
island
An island; a world of its own in the sea.
Japan is an island nation composed of five main islands and over fourteen thousand smaller surrounding islands.
10 strokes On reading トウ (tou) Kun reading しま (shima) JLPT N2
Dictionary meanings: island
Readings used for names on Nazuke: shima, tou
Names written with 島: Maxima 真空島
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