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東
JLPT N5 SL2 8 strokes Frequency: #25

Meanings

east

Radicals

木

Decomposition

⿻木ζ—₯

Etymology

Ideographic: The sunΒ ζ—₯Β rising behind a tree 木; compareΒ θ₯Ώ

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)
γƒˆγ‚¦ tou

Used in compound words

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
γ²γŒγ— higashi

Standalone

Words Using This Kanji

535 words total
Other (20 words)
深山東菊 γΏγ‚„γΎγ‚γšγΎγŽγ

Thunberg's fleabane (Erigeron thunbergii)

ζœ€ζ±η«― γ•γ„γ¨γ†γŸγ‚“

easternmost tip (point, extremity, etc.)

東部標準時 γ¨γ†γΆγ²γ‚‡γ†γ˜γ‚…γ‚“γ˜

Eastern Standard Time

ζœ€ζ± さいとう

easternmost

東桁 γ¨γ†γ‚Šγ‚…γ†

flowing east (e.g. of a river)

光は東から γ²γ‹γ‚Šγ―γ²γŒγ—γ‹γ‚‰

the light comes from the East

εŒ—ζ±γ‚’γ‚Έγ‚’ ほくとうをジを

Northeast Asia

εŒ—ζ±εŒ— γγŸγ¨γ†γ»γ

northern Tohoku (usually Aomori, Iwate and Akita prefectures)

ε—ζ±εŒ— みγͺみとうほく

southern Tohoku (usually Miyagi, Yamagata and Fukushima prefectures)

εΊƒζ±ηœ γ‚«γƒ³γƒˆγƒ³γ—γ‚‡γ†

Guangdong Province (China)

山東省 さんとうしょう

Shandong Province (China)

東京ドーム とうきょうドーム

Tokyo Dome

東京五θΌͺ γ¨γ†γγ‚‡γ†γ”γ‚Šγ‚“

Tokyo Olympics

東男に京ε₯³ γ‚γšγΎγŠγ¨γ“γ«γγ‚‡γ†γŠγ‚“γͺ

the best men are from Edo; the best women from Kyoto

中東呼吸器症候羀 けゅうとうこきゅうきしょうこうぐん

Middle East respiratory syndrome

東洋哲学 γ¨γ†γ‚ˆγ†γ¦γ€γŒγ

Eastern philosophy

東露 とうろ

Asian Russia

毛沒東思想 γ‚‚γ†γŸγγ¨γ†γ—γγ†

Mao Zedong thought

東京弁 とうきょうべん

Tokyo dialect

閒東弁 かんとうべん

Kantō dialect