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島 means island in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.
There are a few variants of this 島 character.
嶌 is sometimes used in Japan for place names.
嶋 is another variant that used to refer to the zone or area of operation of an organized crime gang or prostitution ring.
Be careful which character you use. But
don’t
worry, we’ll only write a proper island Kanji for you.
諾福克島 is the Chinese name for Norfolk Island.
Note: Sometimes written with one more character that means “ocean” making it Norfolk Ocean Island in Chinese.
See Also: Oceania
This is the Chinese name for the country of the Pitcairn Island (overseas territory of the United Kingdom).
See Also: Asia | United Kingdom
法羅島 is the Chinese name for the country of the Faroe Islands (overseas territory of Denmark).
See Also: Denmark | South America
This is the Chinese name for the Cayman Islands (overseas territory of the United Kingdom and a great place to hide money).
See Also: North America | United Kingdom
This is the Chinese name for the Falkland Islands (overseas territory of the United Kingdom).
See Also: Great Britain | United Kingdom | Africa
英屬維爾斯群島 is the Chinese name for the British Virgin Islands (overseas territory of the United Kingdom).
See Also: North America
This is the Chinese name for the United States Virgin Islands (overseas territory of the United States).
See Also: North America
This is the Chinese name for the Turks and Caicos Islands (overseas territory of the United Kingdom).
Note: Sometimes a different fourth character is used.
See Also: Asia | United Kingdom
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Island | 島 岛 | tou / to | dǎo / dao3 / dao | tao |
Norfolk Island | 諾福克島 诺福克岛 | nuò fú kè dǎo nuo4 fu2 ke4 dao3 nuo fu ke dao nuofukedao | no fu k`o tao nofukotao no fu ko tao |
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Guadeloupe Island | グアドループ島 | guadoruuputou guadoruputo | ||
Pitcairn Island | 皮特克恩島 皮特克恩岛 | pí tè kè ēn dǎo pi2 te4 ke4 en1 dao3 pi te ke en dao pitekeendao | p`i t`e k`o en tao pitekoentao pi te ko en tao |
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The Hawaiian Islands | 夏威夷島 夏威夷岛 | xià wēi yí dǎo xia4 wei1 yi2 dao3 xia wei yi dao xiaweiyidao | hsia wei i tao hsiaweiitao |
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Faroe Islands | 法羅島 法罗岛 | fǎ luō dǎo fa3 luo1 dao3 fa luo dao faluodao | fa lo tao falotao |
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Cayman Islands | 開曼群島 开曼群岛 | kāi màn qún dǎo kai1 man4 qun2 dao3 kai man qun dao kaimanqundao | k`ai man ch`ün tao kaimanchüntao kai man chün tao |
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Falkland Islands | 福克蘭群島 福克兰群岛 | fú kè lán qún dǎo fu2 ke4 lan2 qun2 dao3 fu ke lan qun dao fukelanqundao | fu k`o lan ch`ün tao fukolanchüntao fu ko lan chün tao |
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Solomon Islands | 所羅門群島 所罗门群岛 | suǒ luó mén qún dǎo suo3 luo2 men2 qun2 dao3 suo luo men qun dao suoluomenqundao | so lo men ch`ün tao solomenchüntao so lo men chün tao |
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The Hawaiian Islands | ハワイ諸島 | hawaishotou hawaishoto | ||
British Virgin Islands | 英屬維爾斯群島 英属维尔斯群岛 | yīng shǔ wéi ěr sī qún dǎo ying1 shu3 wei2 er3 si1 qun2 dao3 ying shu wei er si qun dao yingshuweiersiqundao | ying shu wei erh ssu ch`ün tao yingshuweierhssuchüntao ying shu wei erh ssu chün tao |
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U.S. Virgin Islands | 美屬維爾斯群島 美属维尔斯群岛 | měi shǔ wéi ěr sī qún dǎo mei3 shu3 wei2 er3 si1 qun2 dao3 mei shu wei er si qun dao meishuweiersiqundao | mei shu wei erh ssu ch`ün tao meishuweierhssuchüntao mei shu wei erh ssu chün tao |
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Bermuda Islands | バミューダ諸島 | ba myuu da sho tou bamyuudashotou ba myu da sho to | ||
Solomon Islands | ソロモンしょとう | so ro mon shotou soromonshotou so ro mon shoto | ||
U.S. Virgin Islands | 米領バージン諸島 | bei ryou baa jin sho tou beiryoubaajinshotou bei ryo ba jin sho to | ||
Turks and Caicos Islands | 特克斯和凱克斯群島 特克斯和凯克斯群岛 | tè kè sī huò kǎi kè sī qún dǎo te4 ke4 si1 huo4 kai3 ke4 si1 qun2 dao3 te ke si huo kai ke si qun dao tekesihuokaikesiqundao | t`e k`o ssu huo k`ai k`o ssu ch`ün tao te ko ssu huo kai ko ssu chün tao |
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In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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We also offer custom wall scrolls in small, medium, and an even-larger jumbo size.
Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
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