dǎo
island
Phonosemantic compound. 山 represents the meaning and 鳥 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 島
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
island | ||
Qingdao, subprovincial city in Shandong | ||
insulin | ||
peninsula | ||
island |
Component uses
Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*tˤuʔ | tawX | dǎo | island |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 20.3908% of movies
1079th most common character in movies
798th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 10 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+5CF6 |
Shuowen | “，海中往往有山可依止曰。” |
Sources
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