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東

JLPT N5 SL2 8 strokes Frequency: #25

Meanings

east

Radicals

木

Decomposition

⿻木日

Etymology

Ideographic: The sun 日 rising behind a tree 木; compare 西

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 8

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

Words Using This Kanji

535 words total

Other (20 words)

関東かんとう

Kantō (region comprising Tokyo and surrounding prefectures)

Far East

Near East

all times and places

Cantonese (language)

Guangdong (China)

leading to Tokyo

Near and Middle East

due east

due east

Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere

Middle East

daybreak

east coast

crown prince

East-Asian peoples

old Kanto-area folk songs

東岸とうがん

eastern coast

東京とうきょう

Tokyo

関東弁かんとうべん

Kantō dialect

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