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東
Meanings
east
Radicals
木
日
Decomposition
⿻木日
Etymology
Ideographic: The sun 日 rising behind a tree 木; compare 西
Writing Practice
Stroke
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Stroke Order
1
horizontal
bottom-right-to-top-left
2
vertical
bottom-right-to-top-left
3
corner
bottom-right-to-top-left
4
horizontal
bottom-to-top
5
horizontal
bottom-to-top
6
vertical
right-to-left
7
diagonal
bottom-right-to-top-left
8
diagonal
bottom-right-to-top-left
On'yomi
(Chinese reading)
トウ
tou
Used in compound words
Kun'yomi
(Japanese reading)
ひがし
higashi
Standalone