Entry
  1. Noun

    floating island (mass of floating aquatic plants)

  2. island that appears to be floating (due to the mirage effect)

Also written 浮き島【うきしま】

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Characters in this word

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floating, float, rise to surface

Kun
う.くう.かれるう.かぶう.かべる
On
Strokes
10
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N3
Frequency
776 of 2500
Radical
water
WaniKani
Level 30

Built from

Used in names as

うき

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-3-7, 1-3-6SKIP code
3a6.11The Kanji Dictionary
3214.7Four corner code
347deroo
6d6eUnicode hex code
1-41-66JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2575Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3159New Nelson (John Haig)
435New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
522Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
319Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
393Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
730Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
787Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1047A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1069Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
991Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
17487XMorohashi
1752A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
938Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
968Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
684Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1359Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
820Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1197Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
738Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
fu2Pinyin reading
buKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
30WaniKani level
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island

Kun
しま
On
トウ
Strokes
10
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N2
Frequency
245 of 2500
Radical
mountain
WaniKani
Level 12

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
3-7-3, 4-10-4SKIP code
3o7.9The Kanji Dictionary
2772.7Four corner code
852deroo
5cf6Unicode hex code
1-37-71JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
230Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1476New Nelson (John Haig)
3310New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4103Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2081Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2820Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1948Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2098Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
173A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1522Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
183Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
8108Morohashi
358A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
286Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
286Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
292sakade
489Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
380henshall3
362Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
379crowley
455Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
543Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1967Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
dao3Pinyin reading
doKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
12WaniKani level