KanjiN5Grade 2 · 小28 strokesRadical 木#37 in newspapers
東 · east
東 is a kanji meaning east. It has 8 strokes and is on the JLPT N5 list.
On'yomi · from Chinese
- トウtō
Kun'yomi · Japanese
- ひがしhigashi
Practise the N5 kanji
In 第2巻 JLPT N5, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.
Words that use 東 · 4 in our JLPT lists
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 東ひがし | ひがし | east | N5 |
| 東洋とうよう | とうよう | Orient | N3 |
| 関東かんとう | かんとう | eastern half of Japan, including Tokyo | N2 |
| 東西とうざい | とうざい | East and West, whole country | N2 |
Example sentence
風は東から吹いている。
かぜはひがしからふいている
The wind is blowing from the east.
Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · Sentence: Tatoeba #84008 (CC BY 2.0 FR) · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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