群島

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See also: 群岛 and 羣島

Chinese

crowd; flock; group island
trad. (群島/羣島) 群/羣 島
simp. (群岛) 群 岛

Pronunciation

Noun

群島

  1. archipelago; chain of islands (Classifier: 片)

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Descendants

Sino-Xenic (群島):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
群 島
ぐん
Grade: 4 		とう
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

群(ぐん)島(とう) • (guntō) ←ぐんたう (guntau)?

  1. archipelago

See also

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
群島

Noun

群島 • (gundo) (hangeul 군도)

  1. hanja form? of 군도 (“archipelago”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
群島

Noun

群島

  1. chữ Hán form of quần đảo (“archipelago”).
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