色丹

Japanese

Kanji in this term
色	丹
しき > しこ Grade: 2 (ateji)	たん Grade: S (ateji)
irregular	on’yomi

Etymology

From Ainu シコタン (Sikotan).

Proper noun

色(しこ)丹(たん) • (Shikotan)

Shikotan (an island and district of Hokkaido prefecture, Japan)
Malokurilskoye (a town in Shikotan, Hokkaido prefecture, Japan)

See also

コタン (kotan, “village”)

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