岛 (dǎo): island, CL:個|个,座
岛 (dǎo) is a Chinese character meaning “island.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 鸟 (structural) and 山 (structural). It ranks #798 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 岛 a bird 鸟 perched atop a mountain 山. Its radical form 山 (mountain) appears in many related characters such as 山 (shān, mountain), 岁 (suì, years old), 岸 (àn, bank).
Definitions
- island
- CL:個|个,座
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA bird 鸟 perched atop a mountain 山
Decomposition: ⿹鸟山 (layout: surround-from-upper-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 群岛 | qún dǎo | group of islands |
| 半岛 | bàn dǎo | peninsula |
| 胰岛素 | yí dǎo sù | insulin |
| 岛屿 | dǎo yǔ | island |
| 广岛 | guǎng dǎo | Hiroshima, Japan |
| 冰岛 | bīng dǎo | Iceland |
| 青岛 | qīng dǎo | see 青島市|青岛市[Qing1 dao3 Shi4] |
| 荒岛 | huāng dǎo | barren or uninhabited island |
| 孤岛 | gū dǎo | isolated island |
| 罗得岛 | luó dé dǎo | Rhode Island, US state |
| 关岛 | guān dǎo | Guam |
| 海岛 | hǎi dǎo | island |
| 巴厘岛 | bā lí dǎo | Bali (island in Indonesia) |
| 岛国 | dǎo guó | island nation (sometimes refers specifically to Japan) |
| 中岛 | zhōng dǎo | Nakajima or Nakashima (Japanese surname and place name) |
岛 appears in 100 compound words: 7 as the first character, 81 as the last, and 12 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 岛 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (20)
Antigua (the largest island of the nation of Antigua and Barbuda, in the Caribbean)
Korean Peninsula (a peninsula in East Asia, containing the countries of North Korea and South Korea)
Cook Islands (an archipelago and self-governing country in Oceania, in free association with New Zealand)
Antigua (the largest island of the nation of Antigua and Barbuda, in the Caribbean)
Korean Peninsula (a peninsula in East Asia, containing the countries of North Korea and South Korea)
Cook Islands (an archipelago and self-governing country in Oceania, in free association with New Zealand)
Showing 12 of 20 idioms containing 岛.
Example Sentences
学习岛字需要反复练习，才能写得工整。
xué xí dǎo zì xū yāo fǎn fù liàn xí , cái néng xiě dé gōng zhěng .
Mastering the character "岛" requires repeated practice to write it neatly.
春日新生疗愈之始:颂萨私人岛屿“Saraan Sanctuaries...
chūn rì xīn shēng liáo yù zhī shǐ : sòng sà sī rén dǎo yǔ S a r a a n S a n c t u a r i e s . . .
The beginning of spring rebirth healing: Saraan Sanctuaries...
...10公里!小泉进次郎:2030年在与那国岛部署防空飞弹
. . . 1 0 gōng lǐ ! xiǎo quán jìn cì láng : 2 0 3 0 nián zài yǔ nà guó dǎo bù shǔ fáng kōng fēi dàn
... 10 km! Shinjiro Koizumi: Anti-aircraft missiles will be deployed on Yonaguni Island in 2030
东南亚加里曼丹岛附近发生7级地震
dōng nán yà jiā lǐ 曼 dān dǎo fù jìn fā shēng 7 jí dì zhèn
A magnitude 7 earthquake occurred near the island of Kalimantan in Southeast Asia
格陵兰岛自治政府总理称无意接收特朗普所称派往当地...
gé líng lán dǎo zì zhì zhèng fǔ zǒng lǐ chèn wú yì jiē shōu tè lǎng pǔ suǒ chèn pài wǎng dāng dì . . .
The prime minister of the Greenland autonomous government said he had no intention of receiving what Trump said was sent to the local area...
鹿儿岛补助外国游客乘搭新干线引争议 知事:可创...
lù ér dǎo bǔ zhù wài guó yóu kè chéng dā xīn gān xiàn yǐn zhēng yì zhī shì : kě chuàng . . .
Kagoshima subsidizes foreign tourists to take the Shinkansen and causes controversy Governor: Can be created...
你是不是长岛家的亲戚？
Nǐ shì bù shì Chángdǎo jiā de qīnqi?
Are you related to the Nagashimas?
你去过朝鲜半岛吗？
Nǐ qù guo Cháoxiǎn Bàndǎo ma?
Have you ever been to the Korean Peninsula?
恶魔摧毁了广岛和长崎。
èmó cuīhuǐ le Guǎngdǎo hé Chángqí.
The devil destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
你最后一次注射胰岛素之后有正常饮食吗?
Nǐ zuì hòu yīcì zhùshè yídǎosù zhīhòu yǒu zhèngcháng yǐnshí ma?
Have you been keeping up a normal diet since the last shot of insulin?
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