舰岛
jiàn​dǎo

island

舰 jiàn warship Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 舟 represents the meaning and 见 represents the sound. Simplified form of 艦.

Components

舟
舟 Meaning component
zhōu boat
见
见 Sound component
jiàn, xiàn, jian see

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

岛 dǎo island Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 山 represents the meaning and 鸟 represents the sound. Simplified form of 島.

Components

山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain
鸟
鸟 Sound component
niǎo bird

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

捣

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

艦 jiàn warship Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 舟 represents the meaning and 監 represents the sound.

Components

舟
舟 Meaning component
zhōu boat
監
監 Sound component
jiān watch carefully

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡraːmʔ

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

島 dǎo island Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 山 represents the meaning and 鳥 represents the sound.

Components

山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain
鳥
鳥 Sound component
niǎo bird

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

搗

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttawXtˤuʔ island

說文解字

《說文》：“，海中往往有山可依止曰。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)