嶋 (#) — island (variant of 岛, used in Japanese names)

Definition

嶋 is a variant form of 岛 (dǎo, 'island'), but in Chinese it is almost exclusively encountered in Japanese place names and surnames, where it is read as -shima or -jima. It is not commonly used in modern Chinese except in proper nouns; its standard Chinese pinyin would be dǎo, but the source data lists an invalid pinyin.

island (variant of 岛, used in Japanese names)

Examples

嶋，。
Tā de xìng shì #, láizì Rìběn.
His surname is Shima, and he comes from Japan.
嶋。
Zhège Rìběn dìmíng jiàozuò Héng#.
This Japanese place name is called Yokoshima.
嶋。
# zhège zì zài Zhōngwén lǐ hěn shǎo yòng.
This character 嶋 is rarely used in Chinese.

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