小島

See also: 小岛

Chinese

 
small; tiny; few
small; tiny; few; young
island
trad. (小島) 小 島
simp. (小岛) 小 岛

Pronunciation


Noun

小島

  1. islet; small island (Classifier: 座)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
小 島
こ
Grade: 1
しま > じま
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

From 小(こ) (ko, “small, little”) + 島(しま) (shima, “island, isle”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) こじま [kòjímá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞ʑima̠]

Noun

小(こ)島(じま) • (kojima) 

  1. isle, islet, small island

Proper noun

小(こ)島(じま) • (Kojima) 

  1. a surname

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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