Memory phrase for the character: 岛

岛

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Meaning island

Pronunciation

dǎo

Explanation

Top: variation of bird 鸟 (=鳥 a bird with head 日, tail フ, and claws 灬), bottom: mountain 山 (cf. islet 屿)

Mnemonic
 
What (only) a bird can reach and where a mountain is: It's an island.

Radicals

鳥 birdAlso this 隹 is seen as a bird.
山 mountain
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 Vocabulary

岛屿 dǎo yǔ  island
澎湖群岛 Péng hú qún dǎo  Penghu or Pescadores, archipelago of 90 islands to west of Taiwan
澎湖列岛 Péng hú liè dǎo  Pescadores Islands, Taiwan
楞迦岛 Léng jiā dǎo  Lanka (old term for Sri Lanka, Ceylon)
青岛啤酒 Qīng dǎo pí jiǔ  Tsingtao Beer
松巴哇岛 Sōng bā wā dǎo  Sumbawa, Indonesian island east of Java
爪哇岛 Zhǎo wā Dǎo  Java (island of Indonesia)
海南岛 Hǎi nán dǎo  Hainan Island in South China Sea
青岛 Qīng dǎo  Qingdao, subprovincial city in Shandong
蜈支洲岛 Wú zhī zhōu dǎo  Wuzhizhou Island, Hainan
蜈支洲岛 Wú zhī zhōu dǎo  

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