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島

しま

island, isle

Mnemonic

A bird over a mountain, which from out at sea is the whole of what you get. Nobody lives on that one, and it shimmers しま on the horizon: しま.

Built from

island
A bird 鳥 sitting over a mountain 山, which from a boat is exactly what an island looks like.

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