Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 岛


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Meaning

island

Pronunciation

dǎo

Explanation

Top: variation of bird (= a bird with head , tail フ, and claws ), bottom: mountain (cf. islet 屿)

Mnemonic

What (only) a bird can reach and where a mountain is: It's an island.

Radicals

bird
mountain
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Vocabulary

岛屿 dǎo yǔ island
澎湖群岛 Péng hú qún dǎo Penghu or Pescadores, archipelago of 90 islands to west of Taiwan
澎湖列岛 Péng hú liè dǎo Pescadores Islands, Taiwan
楞迦岛 Léng jiā dǎo Lanka (old term for Sri Lanka, Ceylon)
青岛啤酒 Qīng dǎo pí jiǔ Tsingtao Beer
松巴哇岛 Sōng bā wā dǎo Sumbawa, Indonesian island east of Java
爪哇岛 Zhǎo wā Dǎo Java (island of Indonesia)
海南岛 Hǎi nán dǎo Hainan Island in South China Sea
青岛 Qīng dǎo Qingdao, subprovincial city in Shandong
蜈支洲岛 Wú zhī zhōu dǎo Wuzhizhou Island, Hainan


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