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

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.

diǎo = di + ao3

variant of 屌[diao3] / penis

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

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

Easter Island

Solomon Islands in southwest Pacific

Hengchun Peninsula in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], the southernmost point of Taiwan

Prince Edward Island, province of Canada

Prince Edward Island (province of Canada)

Isle of Wight, island off the south coast of England

Maluku Islands, Indonesia

Sardinia

Spratly Islands, disputed between China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam / same as 南沙群島|南沙群岛[Nan1 sha1 Qun2 dao3]

New Britain, island of northeast Papua New Guinea

Sing Tao, Hong Kong media group and publisher of Sing Tao Daily 星島日報|星岛日报

Sing Tao Daily, Hong Kong newspaper

Isle of Man, British Isles (Tw) / see also 馬恩島|马恩岛[Ma3 en1 Dao3]

Korean Peninsula

main island

Matsushima (name) / Matsushima town and national park in Miyagi prefecture, Japan

Sumbawa, Indonesian island east of Java

Chagos Archipelago, coral archipelago in tropical Indian Ocean, with Diego Garcia 迪戈·加西亞島|迪戈·加西亚岛[Di2 ge1 · Jia1 xi1 ya4 Dao3] as largest island

Flores, Indonesia / also written 弗洛勒斯島|弗洛勒斯岛[Fu2 luo4 lei1 si1 dao3]

Penghu island county of Taiwan, off the coast of Kaohsiung

Sentences with 島

島 currently does not appear in any sentence.