dǎo
island
Phonosemantic compound. 山 represents the meaning and 鸟 represents the sound. Simplified form of 島.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernMost common words with 岛
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
island | ||
Qingdao, subprovincial city in Shandong | ||
insulin | ||
peninsula | ||
island |
Component uses
Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)
Statistics
HSK level 6
Appears in 20.3908% of movies
1079th most common character in movies
798th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 7 |
Traditional | |
Unicode | U+5C9B |
Sources
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