Info on the Kanji 東

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What is this? "東"

Meaning(s)

east

Reading(s)

onyomi TOU
kunyomi higashi

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stroke count 8
grade 2
jlpt level N5
Example words with 東
WordMeaning
ひがし
higashi
eastern japan / eastern provinces / east / six-stringed japanese zither
ちゅうとう
chuutou
middle east
ひがしがく
higashi gaku
tonghak / 19c korean religious movement
ひがしぎょう
higashi gyou
eastbound
ひがしくに
higashi kuni
eastern country / eastern provinces / kanto provinces
とうじょう
toujou
going to tokyo / going east
西とうざい
touzai
east and west / orient and occident / east and west / ladies and gentlemen! / your attention, please! / roll-up, roll-up
ひがしおとこ
higashi otoko
man from east japan
とうてん
touten
the eastern sky
とうなん
tounan
south-east
ひがしはん
higashi han
the eastern half
とうほく
touhoku
north-east / tohoku
ひがしまい
higashi mai
name of a newspaper publisher
とうめい
toumei
tokyo and nagoya
なんとう
nantou
southeast
にっとう
nittou
japan
ほくとう
hokutou
northeast
下りひがしくだり
higashi kudari
travelling east from kyoto
とうなんとう
tounantou
east-southeast / ese
日本ひがしにほん
higashinihon
eastern japan / japan east of the itoigawa-shizuoka tectonic line, i.e. east of the chubu region
北人とうほくにん
touhoku nin
northeastener
とうほくとう
touhokutou
east-northeast / ene
南南なんなんとう
nannantou
south-southeast
北北ほくほくとう
hokuhokutou
north-north-east / nor-nor-east
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Example Sentences with 東
3年前に京へ来て以来ここに住んでいる。

ハバロフスク市が極ロシアで大都会の一つです。

北・秋田新幹線が運転を見合わせるなど交通も混乱した。

美術館のの陳列棟は清掃のため閉鎖されていた。



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