東 – Kanji details

Keyword

east

Info

Frequency	Top 600-700
Type	Kyōiku (2nd grade) ?
Kanken	Level 9
Heisig	543
Readings	とう (45%) ひがし (23%) ひんがし (14%) ひむかし (14%)
	あずまあづまどうここちとんとしのご

Composed of

木

tree

日

sun

Mnemonic

A pictograph of a rising sun behind a tree, representing east.

Used in kanji (9 in total)

practice

frozen

temper

main pillar

to express

column (in a newspaper)

煉

refine over a flame

諌

remonstrate

鶇

???

Used in vocabulary (597 in total)

東ひがし

east

東とう京きょう

Tokyo

関かん東とう

Kantō (region comprising Tokyo and surrounding prefectures); Kantō (eastern half of Japan; during the feudal era)

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Examples (200 in total)

東ひがしはどの方ほう向こうなの？

What direction is east?

その町まちの東ひがしの方ほうに古ふるい城しろがあった。

There was an old castle to the east of the town.

1985年ねんからずっと東とう京きょうに住すんでいます。

I have lived in Tokyo since 1985.

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