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Ryukyu Islands / Okinawa 沖繩|冲绳 and other islands of modern Japan
Shetland Islands
main island
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *岛* | 岛* | *岛
island / CL: 個|个,
HSK 6
Santorini (volcanic island in the Aegean sea)
island of the immortals
Malvinas Islands (also known as Falkland Islands)
Barbados, Caribbean island (Tw)
Chagos Archipelago, coral archipelago in tropical Indian Ocean, with Diego Garcia 迪戈·加西亞島|迪戈·加西亚岛 as largest island
division of China during earliest dynasties / fig. ancient China / Kyūshū, southernmost of Japan's four major islands
mainland China (PRC excluding Hong Kong and Macau, but including islands such as Hainan) / Japan (used in Taiwan during Japanese colonization)
Jincheng (common place name) / Chincheng town in Kinmen County 金門縣|金门县 (Kinmen or Quemoy islands), Taiwan
Central, Hong Kong Island
Hyōgo prefecture in the midwest of Japan's main island Honshū 本州
Chukuang township in Lienchiang county 連江縣|连江县 i.e. the Matsu Islands, Taiwan
Bali (island in Indonesia)
archipelago / chain of islands
island
HSK 7-9
island chain
Luzon Island, north Philippines
Baisha (common place name) / Baisha Lizu autonomous county, Hainan / Baisha or Paisha township in Penghu county 澎湖縣|澎湖县 (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan
Galapagos Islands
isolated island
island nation (sometimes refers specifically to Japan)
Tahiti, island of the Society Islands group in French Polynesia
Yamaguchi (Japanese surname and place name) / Yamaguchi prefecture in the southwest of Japan's main island Honshū 本州
Bolshoi Ussuriisk Island in the Heilongjiang or Amur river, at mouth of the Ussuri River opposite Khabarovsk / Heixiazi (black blind man) Island
Spratly Islands, disputed between China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam
Itsukushima island in Hiroshima prefecture, Japan, with a famous shrine
Lantau Island, an island in Hong Kong
thousand island dressing
Bali (island province of Indonesia)
one of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, abode of immortals
Kangshan town in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县, southwest Taiwan / Okayama prefecture in southwest of Japan's main island Honshū 本州
Okinawa Island
Penghu county (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan
Devil's Island in French Guiana, a former penal colony (1852-1953)
Cayman Islands
artificial island
Hyōgo prefecture in the midwest of Japan's main island Honshū 本州
Tsushima Island, between Japan and South Korea
Senkaku Islands (Japanese name for the Diaoyu Islands 釣魚島|钓鱼岛), also known as the Pinnacle Islands
Chongming Island, at the mouth of the Yangtze River in Shanghai
Republic of Palau (Pacific island nation)
Tórshavn, capital of Faroe Islands
Pescadores Islands, Taiwan
barren or uninhabited island / CL: 個|个,
Diaoyu Islands, located between Taiwan and Okinawa, controlled by Japan – which calls them the Senkaku Islands – but claimed by China
traffic circle; rotary; roundabout / to travel around an island
traffic island; pedestrian refuge
Channel Islands
Ryukyu Islands / Okinawa 沖繩|冲绳 and other islands of modern Japan
Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
Hainan Island, China's southernmost province, off the coast of Guangdong
Takeshima (Korean Dokdo 獨島|独岛), disputed islands in Sea of Japan
Nan'ao Island in Shantou 汕頭|汕头, Guangdong
Paracel Islands, in the South China Sea
Mallorca or Majorca (island of Spain)
Cook Islands
Tungyin Island, one of the Matsu Islands / Tungyin township in Lienchiang county 連江縣|连江县, Taiwan
Zhoushan Island
Lanyu or Orchid Island township in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县, southeast Taiwan
Sichote-Alin mountain range in Russian far east opposite Sakhalin Island
Kuril Islands, archipelago in Sakhalin, far-eastern Russia
Andaman Islands
Solomon Islands
Rhode Island, US state / Rhodes, an island of Greece
Azores Islands
Yuen Long town, Hong Kong Island
Staten Island, borough of New York City
Diaoyu Islands, claimed by China but controlled by Japan as the Senkaku Islands, also called the Pinnacle Islands
Hormuz Island, Iran, at the mouth of the Persian Gulf
Lanyu or Orchid Island township in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县, southeast Taiwan
Wuzhizhou Island, Hainan
Okayama prefecture in southwest of Japan's main island Honshū 本州
volcanic island
Xinanzhongsha islands, Hainan
Manhattan island / Manhattan borough of New York City
Qimei or Chimei township in Penghu county 澎湖縣|澎湖县 (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan
Midway Islands
Tambora, volcano on Indonesian island of Sumbawa 松巴哇, whose 1815 eruption is greatest in recorded history
Ellis Island
Tin Hau MTR station (Eastern District, Hong Kong Island)
Iwate prefecture in the north of Japan's main island Honshū 本州
(geology) island arc
Tungyin township in Lienchiang county 連江縣|连江县 i.e. the Matsu Islands, Taiwan
(old name) Penang Island, Malaysia
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  *洲* | 洲* | *洲
continent / island in a river
island
Java (island of Indonesia)
Formosa (from Ilha Formosa, "Beautiful Isle", the name given to Taiwan Island by passing Portuguese mariners in 1544)
Sicily / Sicilia (Italian Island)
Kinmen or Quemoy islands off the Fujian coast, administered by Taiwan / Jinmen county in Quanzhou 泉州, Fujian, PRC
Ascension Island
Matsu Islands off Fujian, administered by Taiwan
Peikan township in Lienchiang county 連江縣|连江县 i.e. the Matsu Islands, Taiwan
Yamaguchi prefecture in southwest of Japan's main island Honshū 本州
Krakatoa (volcanic island in Indonesia)
Batan Islands in Bashi Channel between Taiwan and the Philippines
Taiwan Island

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