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琉球群岛

Liú qiú Qún dǎo

4-character word Traditional 琉球群島

What 琉球群岛 means

1. Ryukyu Islands
2. Okinawa {冲绳|Chōng shéng} and other islands of modern Japan

The characters in 琉球群岛

• 琉liúprecious stone
• 球qiúball used for playing games (variant of 球
• 群qúngroup; crowd; flock, herd, pack etc
• 岛dǎoisland

Sounds the same

Read Liú qiú Qún dǎo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 流球群岛the Ryukyu or Luchu Islands (including Okinawa)