Meanings
east
Radicals
Decomposition
⿻木日
Etymology
Ideographic: The sun 日 rising behind a tree 木; compare 西
Writing Practice
Stroke Order
Used in compound words
Standalone
Words Using This Kanji
535 words totalfacing east
going to Tokyo
town crier
man from eastern Japan (esp. Edo or elsewhere in the Kanto region)
south-east
eastern part
north-east
the East
Oriental
Eastern Europe
Tōkai region (of Honshu; incl. Aichi, Shizuoka, Mie and southern Gifu prefectures)
crown prince
arriving in Tokyo
east longitude
eastern suburbs
Eastern China
eastward advance
the Eastern Capital (now Tokyo)
the eastern half
Kantō dialect