琉球群岛
Traditional form:
琉球群島
Pinyin (reading):
Liúqiú Qúndǎo
Definitions:
- Ryukyu Islands
- Okinawa 沖繩／冲绳 ( Chōngshéng) and other islands of modern Japan
Characters:
- 琉 - sparkling stone; opaque, glazed
- 球 - ball, globe, sphere; round
- 群 - group, crowd; multitude, mob
- 岛 - island
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