Mnemonic

Made up of 鳥(bird) and 山(mountain). So imagine a 'Bird Mountain' isolated on an Island.

Mnemonic

picture a man sitting on a little mountain

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島 「しま」 - island

半島 「はんとう」 - peninsula

列島 「れっとう」 - archipelago, chain of islands

小島 「こじま」 - small island, islet

Mnemonic

Try thinking of it as a "funky-shaped island." Islands tend to have some funky shapes.

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