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東 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「木」

道
9Elementary year 2 ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「木」
On
トウとう · tō
Kun
ひがしhigashi
Meaning
east

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

The sun (日) rising through the trees (木) — the east.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onトウとうtō東西とうざい東国とうごく以東いとう
Kunひがしhigashi東ひがし東側ひがしがわ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 東京とうきょう

    Tokyo

  • 東がわひがしがわ

    east side

More words with this kanji

  • 東北とうほく
  • 遼東りょうとう
  • 東籬とうり

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

日(ひ)は 東(ひがし)から のぼります。

The sun rises in the east.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 木Map of reading トウAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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