群島

See also: 群岛 and 羣島

Chinese

crowd; flock; group island
trad. (群島/羣島) /
simp. (群岛)

Pronunciation


Noun

群島

  1. archipelago; chain of islands (Classifier: )

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (群島):
  • Japanese: 群島(ぐんとう) (guntō)
  • Korean: 군도(群島) (gundo)
  • Vietnamese: quần đảo (群島)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ぐん
Grade: 4
とう
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(ぐん)(とう) • (guntōぐんたう (guntau)?

  1. archipelago

See also

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

群島 • (gundo) (hangeul 군도)

  1. hanja form? of 군도 (archipelago)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

群島

  1. chữ Hán form of quần đảo (archipelago)