東 – east

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The kanji 東 means east. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is トウ (tou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ひがし (higashi). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 木 (no. 75).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	トウ	tou
Kun’yomi	ひがし	higashi

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 木 (Kangxi radical 75). Components: ｜・一・日・木・田.

Words using 東

東ひがしeast東洋とうようthe East関東かんとうKantō (region comprising Tokyo and surrounding prefectures)東西とうざいeast and west

Example sentences

名古屋は京都の東の方にある。

Nagoya is to the east of Kyoto.

Tatoeba #80804

東洋の陶器に興味があります。

I have an interest in oriental ceramics.

Tatoeba #124151

ジョンは関東地区、そして太郎は関西地区を担当している。

John covers the Kanto area and Taro covers the Kansai area.

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Kanji with the same radical

本業来機権査案村果格検校構木条楽

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