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東 kanji
east
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
トウ
Kun readings
ひがし
Words with 東
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N2関東PopularKantō (region comprising Tokyo and surrounding prefectures); Kantō (eastern half of Japan; during the feudal era)
- N2東西Populareast and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!; roll-up, roll-up
- N2東洋Popularthe East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan
- —極東PopularFar East
- —中東PopularMiddle East
- —東欧PopularEastern Europe
- —東海PopularTōkai region (of Honshu; incl. Aichi, Shizuoka, Mie and southern Gifu prefectures); eastern sea; Tōkaidō (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway); Japan
- —東宮Popularcrown prince
- —東京PopularTokyo
- —東経Populareast longitude
- —東都Popularthe Eastern Capital (now Tokyo); Yedo; Edo
- —東南Popularsouth-east
- —東部Populareastern part; the east (of a region)
- —東方Populareastern direction; the Orient; eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)
- —東邦PopularOriental country; the Orient
- —東北Popularnorth-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
- —南東Popularsoutheast
- —北東Popularnortheast
- —東亜PopularEast Asia; the Orient
- —北北東Popularnorth-northeast; north-north-east