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 the east
Oriental rug
East India Company
Tōkai region (of Honshu; incl. Aichi, Shizuoka, Mie and southern Gifu prefectures)
along the east coast
Tokyo Stock Exchange
Tokyo Bay
sailing east
proceeding east
east, west, south and north
the eastern sky
Southeast Asia
eastern direction
person from Tōhoku
Orientalism
eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara)
East-Asian countries
arbor
Tōkaidō (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
Kantō dialect