嶼 - Dong Chinese dictionary

This information for this character has not been manually reviewed and may not be accurate.

yǔ

island

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

Components

山 Meaning component

shān

mountain

與 Sound component

yǔ, yú, yù

together with

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

yǔ

island; islet

Most common words with 嶼

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	岛屿	island
	屿	islet
	鼓浪屿	Gulangyu, scenic island off Xiamen 廈門\|厦门[Xiàmén]
	大屿山	Lantau Island
	兰屿	Lanyu or Orchid Island township in Taitung County 臺東縣\|台东县[TáidōngXiàn], southeast Taiwan

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 1.0091% of movies

3288th most common character in movies

2636th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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