小島

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See also: 小岛

Chinese

small; tiny; few
small; tiny; few; young
 
island
trad. (小島)
simp. (小岛)

Pronunciation


Noun

小島

  1. islet; small island (Classifier: )

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
しま > じま
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Etymology

From () (ko, small, little) + (しま) (shima, island, isle).

Pronunciation

Noun

()(じま) (kojima

  1. isle, islet, small island

Proper noun

()(じま) (Kojima

  1. a surname

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN