# 島 — island

島 means “island”. It is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 10 strokes. On'yomi: トウ (tou). Kun'yomi: しま (shima). You'll see it in words such as 島 (shima, “island”).

- Meaning: island
- On'yomi: トウ (tou)
- Kun'yomi: しま (shima)
- Strokes: 10
- Level: JLPT N3 · set Land & places 1

## How to remember 島

A bird (鳥) resting on a mountain (山) out at sea: an island.

Parts: 鳥 bird · 山 mountain

## Words with 島

| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 島 | しま (shima) | island |
| 島々 | しまじま (shimajima) | islands |

## More in the “Land & places 1” set

[原](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/meadow/) · [島](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/island/) · [境](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/border/) · [州](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/province/) · [域](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/region/) · [景](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/scenery/) · [欧](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/europe/) · [韓](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/korea/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/island/. Last updated 2026-11-01.