Kanji
東
kanji character
east
東 kanji-東 east
東
Meaning
east
Readings
Kun'yomi
- ひがし がわ east side
- ひがし ぐち east entrance
- ひがしへ ひがし へ constantly eastward
On'yomi
- とう おう Eastern Europe
- とう ざい east and west
- とう よう the East
Practice Writing
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Common Words
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東 east wind tile, winning hand with a pung (or kong) of east wind tiles -
東 欧 Eastern Europe -
東 西 east and west, Orient and Occident, East and West... -
東 洋 the East, the Orient, (East) Asia... -
東 部 eastern part, the east (of a region) -
東 京 Tokyo -
東 亰 Tokyo -
南 東 southeast -
北 東 northeast -
東 海 Tōkai region, region south of Tokyo on the Pacific Ocean side of Japan, East Sea (Korean name for the Sea of Japan) -
東 北 north-east, Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu), Tohoku -
東 南 south-east -
中 東 Middle East -
東 側 east side, east bank -
極 東 Far East -
東 宮 crown prince -
東 方 eastern direction, the Orient, eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling) -
東 亜 East Asia, the Orient -
東 亞 East Asia, the Orient -
東 経 east longitude -
東 口 east entrance, east exit -
東 都 the Eastern Capital (now Tokyo), Yedo, Edo -
東 邦 Oriental country, the Orient -
広 東 Guangdong (China), Kwangtung, Guangzhou (China) -
廣 東 Guangdong (China), Kwangtung, Guangzhou (China) -
関 東 Kantō (region comprising Tokyo and surrounding prefectures), Kantō (eastern half of Japan; during the feudal era) -
北 々東 north-northeast, north-north-east -
東 京 証 券 取 引 所 Tokyo Stock Exchange, TSE -
北 北 東 north-northeast, north-north-east -
東 国 eastern country, eastern provinces, Kanto provinces