"島" meaning in Japanese

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Affix

Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (とう)), [romanization], tau [romanization], たう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: /tau/ → /tɔː/ → /toː/ From Middle Chinese 島 (MC tawX). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=とう}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|島}} 島 (MC tawX) Head templates: {{ja-pos|affix|とう|hhira=たう}} 島(とう) • (tō) ^(←たう (tau)?)
  1. island Categories (place): Landforms
    Sense id: en-島-ja-affix-KM0sXBXR Disambiguation of Landforms: 35 0 26 32 7 Derived forms: 島嶼 (tōsho) (ruby: 島嶼(とうしょ)), 島民 (tōmin) (ruby: 島民(とうみん)), 硫黄島 (Iōtō) (ruby: 硫黄(いおう), (とう)), 遠島 (entō) (ruby: 遠島(えんとう)), 群島 (guntō) (ruby: 群島(ぐんとう)), 孤島 (kotō) (ruby: 孤島(ことう)), 七島 (shichitō) (ruby: 七島(しちとう)), 諸島 (shotō) (ruby: 諸島(しょとう)), 小島 (shōtō) (ruby: 小島(しょうとう)), 渡島 (totō) (ruby: 渡島(ととう)), 半島 (hantō) (ruby: 半島(はんとう)), 本島 (hontō) (ruby: 本島(ほんとう)), 離島 (ritō) (ruby: 離島(りとう)), ルソン島 (Ruson-tō) (ruby: (とう)), 列島 (rettō) (ruby: 列島(れっとう))
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Character

  1. Tags: grade-3-kanji, kanji, no-gloss Synonyms: ,
    Sense id: en-島-ja-character-47DEQpj8 Categories (other): Japanese terms with redundant transliterations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Grade 3 kanji Disambiguation of Grade 3 kanji: 0 0 0 0 0 0

Proper name

IPA: [ɕima̠] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (しま)), Shima [romanization]
Etymology: /sima/ → /ɕima/ From Old Japanese, ultimately from Proto-Japonic *sima. Possibly related to Baekje 斯麻 (*syema, “island”) and Middle Korean 셤 (syem), whence modern Korean 섬 (seom, “island”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-|sort=しま}} Old Japanese, {{inh|ja|jpx-pro|*sima|sort=しま}} Proto-Japonic *sima, {{cog|pkc|斯麻|t=island|tr=*syema}} Baekje 斯麻 (*syema, “island”), {{cog|okm|셤|tr=syem}} Middle Korean 셤 (syem), {{cog|ko|섬|t=island}} Korean 섬 (seom, “island”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|しま}} 島(しま) • (Shima)
  1. a surname Categories (place): Landforms
    Sense id: en-島-ja-name-v2O7m9sM Disambiguation of Landforms: 35 0 26 32 7 Categories (other): Japanese surnames, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese affixes, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Middle Korean terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Japanese affixes: 0 0 67 8 25 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 53 32 16 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 0 0 60 23 17 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 0 59 24 17 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 0 0 52 28 20 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 0 0 60 22 18 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 0 0 62 22 16 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 58 26 17 Disambiguation of Middle Korean terms with redundant transliterations: 58 20 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ɕima̠] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (しま)), shima [romanization]
Etymology: /sima/ → /ɕima/ From Old Japanese, ultimately from Proto-Japonic *sima. Possibly related to Baekje 斯麻 (*syema, “island”) and Middle Korean 셤 (syem), whence modern Korean 섬 (seom, “island”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-|sort=しま}} Old Japanese, {{inh|ja|jpx-pro|*sima|sort=しま}} Proto-Japonic *sima, {{cog|pkc|斯麻|t=island|tr=*syema}} Baekje 斯麻 (*syema, “island”), {{cog|okm|셤|tr=syem}} Middle Korean 셤 (syem), {{cog|ko|섬|t=island}} Korean 섬 (seom, “island”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|しま}} 島(しま) • (shima)
  1. an island (land surrounded by water) Categories (place): Landforms
    Sense id: en-島-ja-noun-SM~ez-UP Disambiguation of Landforms: 35 0 26 32 7
  2. one's domain, territory, turf
    Sense id: en-島-ja-noun-~m3OE9nq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Derived forms: 島島, 島々 (shimajima), (shima) (ruby: (しま)) (english: streak, stripe), 島影 (shimakage) (ruby: 島影(しまかげ)), 島国 (shimaguni) (ruby: 島国(しまぐに)), 島尻 (Shimajiri) (ruby: 島尻(しまじり)), 島育ち (shimasodachi) (ruby: 島育(しまそだ)), 島台 (shimadai) (ruby: 島台(しまだい)), 島流し (shimanagashi) (ruby: 島流(しまなが)), 淡路島 (Awaji-shima) (ruby: 淡路(あわじ), (しま)), 硫黄島 (Iōjima) (ruby: 硫黄(いおう), (じま)), 小島 (ojima) (ruby: (), (じま)), 渡島 (Oshima) (ruby: 渡島(おしま)), 喜界島 (Kikaijima) (ruby: 喜界(きかい), (じま)), 大島 (Ōshima) (ruby: 大島(おおしま)), 沖縄島 (Okinawa-jima) (ruby: 沖縄(おきなわ), (じま)), 沖永良部島 (Okinoerabu-jima) (ruby: (おきの), 永良部(えらぶ), (じま)), 加計呂麻島 (Kakeroma-jima) (ruby: 加計呂麻(かけろま), (じま)), 鹿児島 (ruby: 鹿児(かご), (しま)) [Kagoshima], 小島 (kojima) (ruby: (), (じま)), 先島諸島 (Sakishima-shotō) (ruby: 先島(さきしま), 諸島(しょとう)), 桜島 (Sakurajima) (ruby: 桜島(さくらじま)), 宝島 (Takarajima) (ruby: (たから), (じま)), 津島 (Tsushima) (ruby: (), (しま)), 佃島 (Tsukudajima) (ruby: (つくだ), (じま)), 出島 (Dejima) (ruby: (), (じま)), 徳之島 (Tokunoshima) (ruby: 徳之島(とくのしま)), 離れ島 (hanarejima) (ruby: (はな), (じま)), 広島 (ruby: 広島(ひろしま)) (english: Hiroshima), 福島 (Fukushima) (ruby: 福島(ふくしま)), 与論島 (Yoron-jima) (ruby: 与論(よろん), (じま))

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for 島 meaning in Japanese (11.3kB)

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      "expansion": "島(しま) • (Shima)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese surnames",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a surname"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "しま"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɕima̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "島"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese affixes",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese single-kanji terms",
    "Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese",
    "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 島",
    "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with one Han script character",
    "ja:Landforms",
    "yoi:Landforms"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "tōsho",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "島嶼",
          "とうしょ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "島嶼"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tōmin",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "島民",
          "とうみん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "島民"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Iōtō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "硫黄",
          "いおう"
        ],
        [
          "島",
          "とう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "硫黄島"
    },
    {
      "roman": "entō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "遠島",
          "えんとう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "遠島"
    },
    {
      "roman": "guntō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "群島",
          "ぐんとう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "群島"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kotō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "孤島",
          "ことう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "孤島"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shichitō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "七島",
          "しちとう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "七島"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shotō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "諸島",
          "しょとう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "諸島"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shōtō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "小島",
          "しょうとう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "小島"
    },
    {
      "roman": "totō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "渡島",
          "ととう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "渡島"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hantō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "半島",
          "はんとう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "半島"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hontō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "本島",
          "ほんとう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "本島"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ritō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "離島",
          "りとう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "離島"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Ruson-tō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "島",
          "とう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "ルソン島"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rettō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "列島",
          "れっとう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "列島"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ltc",
        "3": "-",
        "sort": "とう"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Chinese",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "島"
      },
      "expansion": "島 (MC tawX)",
      "name": "ltc-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "/tau/ → /tɔː/ → /toː/\nFrom Middle Chinese 島 (MC tawX).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "島",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "島",
          "とう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tō",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tau",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たう",
      "roman": "tau",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "affix",
        "2": "とう",
        "hhira": "たう"
      },
      "expansion": "島(とう) • (tō) ^(←たう (tau)?)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "affix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "island"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "island",
          "island"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "島"
}
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  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "島"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "島",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "島"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "proper noun",
  "title": "島",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/304",
  "msg": "HTML tag <span> not properly closed",
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    "島"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
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  "title": "島",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "島"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "affix",
  "title": "島",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (210104c and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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