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Keyword
east
Frequency
#37
Strokes
8
Grade
2
JLPT (old)
N4
Heisig
543
Readings
トウ88%
ひがし13%
Mnemonic
A traveler wakes at dawn, sees the sun climbing behind a lone tree, and points toward the east.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in kanji
Used in vocabulary
東ひがし
east
Noun
中ちゅう東とう
Middle East
Noun
東とう海かい
Tōkai region (of Honshu; incl. Aichi, Shizuoka, Mie and southern Gifu prefectures); eastern sea
Noun
東とう北ほく
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
Noun
関かん東とう
Kantō (region comprising Tokyo and surrounding prefectures)
Noun
東とう欧おう
Eastern Europe
Noun
東とう西ざい
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!; roll-up, roll-up
Noun
東とう南なん
south-east
Noun
東とう洋よう
the East; the Orient; (East) Asia
Noun
東とう方ほう
eastern direction; the Orient
Noun
東とう部ぶ
eastern part; the east (of a region)
Noun
北ほく東とう
northeast
Noun
東ひがし側がわ
east side; east bank
Noun
南なん東とう
southeast
Noun
東とう亜あ
East Asia; the Orient
Noun
東ひがし口ぐち
east entrance; east exit
Noun
北ほく北ほく東とう
north-northeast; north-north-east
Noun
東とう宮ぐう
crown prince
Noun
広東かんとん
Guangdong (China); Kwangtung; Guangzhou (China); Canton
Noun
東とう邦ほう
Oriental country; the Orient
Noun
東あずま
wagon; yamatogoto; six-stringed native Japanese zither
Noun