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嶋 = 山 + 鳥

嶋 is a Japanese kanji written with 14 strokes, listed here under the keyword “island (alternate)”. It is built from 山 (mountain) and 鳥 (bird). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2982.

Keyword
island (alternate)
RTK frame
2982
Strokes
14
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
トウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
しま
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
island, остров (альтернативный)
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
嶋 island

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 山 mountain
  2. 鳥 bird

How to find 嶋 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “mountain” + “bird”. 嶋 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 嶋 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.