Info on the Kanji 東

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What is this? "東"

Meaning(s)

east

Reading(s)

onyomi TOU
kunyomi higashi

Other

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
アジアひがしあじあ
higashi ajia
east asia
ゴリラひがしごりら
higashi gorira
eastern gorilla
西西とうざいとうざい
touzai touzai
ladies and gentlemen! / roll up, roll up!
西南北とうざいなんぼく
touzainanboku
east, west, south and north
北日本とうほくにっぽん
touhoku nippon
northeast japan
アフリカひがしあふりか
higashi afurika
east africa
南アジアとうなんあじあ
tounan ajia
southeast asia
西は西ひがしはとうざいはにし
higashi ha touzai ha nishi
east is east, and west is west
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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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