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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)
東京都 とうきょうと

Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture)

東国 とうごく

eastern country

東θ₯Ώ とうざい

east and west

東端 γ¨γ†γŸγ‚“

east end

東独 とうどく

East Germany (1949-1990)

ζ±εŠηƒ γ²γŒγ—γ―γ‚“γγ‚…γ†

eastern hemisphere

東邦 とうほう

Oriental country

東門 とうもん

eastern gate

ζ±ζ΄‹ι€š γ¨γ†γ‚ˆγ†γ€γ†

Orientalist

ζ±ε―„γ‚Š γ²γŒγ—γ‚ˆγ‚Š

easterly

東京葌き とうきょうゆき

Tokyo-bound

東軍 とうぐん

eastern army (e.g. in a civil war)

東葌 とうこう

going east

東征 とうせい

eastern expedition

東遷 とうせん

moving (the capital) east

東倩紅 とうてんこう

early morning crowing of a rooster

ζ±ε—δΊœ とうγͺんあ

Southeast Asia

東方拑倧 とうほうかくだい

eastward expansion

東ε₯”θ₯Ώθ΅° とうほんせいそう

busying oneself about (something)

閒東弁 かんとうべん

Kantō dialect

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