U+5C9B "岛" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+5C9B "岛" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) that also appears in Japanese kanji and Korean hanja, meaning "island." It is a logogram composed of a semantic component related to birds or a cliff side combined with a phonetic element, and in its simplified modern form, the character evokes the image of a bird resting on a peak or a piece of land surrounded by water. This character is commonly used in words such as "岛屿" (dǎo yǔ) meaning "islands" in Chinese, and it appears in place names like Taiwan (台湾) and in Japanese names such as "Shima" or "Tō." Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures consistent digital representation across platforms and languages.