島

dǎo = d + ao3

island / CL:個|个[ge4],座[zuo4]

岛 = 乌 + 山 : Don Quixote (d) is trapped on a remote island (岛) inside of the aortas (ao3). The only animal on the island is a black crow (乌), and Don Quixote is chasing it with a fork (山) round and round the island, trying to catch it.

島 character breakdown

島
- 山
  - 丨
  - 凵
- 鳥

山

sha̅n = sh + an1

mountain / hill / anything that resembles a mountain / CL:座[zuo4] / bundled straw in which silkworms spin cocoons / gable

山 = 丨 + 凵 : Mnemonic symbol: 山 looks like the tip of a fork. Sherlock Holmes (sh) is climbing a mountain (山) in front of the anthill (an1). He uses a dinosaur bone (〡) as walking stick, and to have better grip he attached a fork (山) to its tip. Unfortunately he accidentally sticks the fork into a receptacle (凵) on the ground of the mountain and gets shocked.

鸟

鳥

diǎo = di + ao3

variant of 屌[diao3] / penis

鸟

鳥

niǎo = ni + ao3

bird / CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2] / "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196) / (dialect) to pay attention to / (intensifier) damned / goddamn

Nefertiti tries to fend off a turkey in the aorta.

Characters with 島 as component

捣

搗

dǎo = d + ao3

to pound / to beat / to hull / to attack / to disturb / to stir

捣 = 岛 + 扌 : Don Quixote (d) is attacking (捣) an island (岛) in the aorta (ao3) using a toy claw (扌).

Words with 島

吕

呂

lǚ

島

島 character breakdown

Characters with 島 as component

Words with 島

Sentences with 島