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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
- —東北弁Tōhoku dialect; Tohoku dialect
- —東京語Tokyo dialect (esp. historical)
- —東洋区Oriental (zoogeographical region)
- —偏東風easterly wind (e.g. trade wind, polar easterlies)
- —極東風polar easterlies
- —中東欧Central and Eastern Europe
- —無東西not knowing one's bearings; being disorientated; itinerant monk; pilgrim
- —東京人Tokyoite
- —東坡肉Dongpo pork; Chinese pan-fried red-cooked pork squares
- —東京円Tokyo Foreign Exchange Market yen exchange rate
- —東洋蘭Oriental orchid; orchid of Oriental origin
- —最東端easternmost tip (point, extremity, etc.)
- —東名阪Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka
- —南東北southern Tohoku (usually Miyagi, Yamagata and Fukushima prefectures)
- —北東北northern Tohoku (usually Aomori, Iwate and Akita prefectures)
- —山東省Shandong Province (China)
- —東京弁Tokyo dialect; Tokyo accent
- —南東部southeastern part; the southeast
- —北東部northeastern part; the northeast
- —関東人Kantō native; person from Kantō