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East West Orient Sun 東 トウ ひがし あい

Kanji
Onyomi トウ
Kunyomi ひがし
Nanori あい, あがり, あずま, あづま, こ, さき, しの, とお, はる, ひが, もと
English east
Examples 東(ひがし): east
東西(とうざい): (1) east and west (2) Orient and Occident; East and West (3) Ladies and Gentlemen!; Your attention, please!; roll-up, roll-up
東洋(とうよう): Orient
関東(かんとう): Kantou (eastern half of Japan, including Tokyo)
東(あずま): (1) east (2) eastern Japan (3) six-stringed Japanese zither (4) my spouse
JLPT Level 5
Jouyou Grade 2
Frequency 37
Components 木: tree; wood
日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days
Number of Strokes 8
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 75
Radical Strokes 4
Radical Reading き・きへん
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 仮借 Loan
Keyword east
Koohii Story 1 Traditionally seen as a pictograph of the sun rising behind a tree.
Koohii Story 2 The sun pierces through the trees as it rises in the east…

Tags: jlpt.n5, grade2, kanjifreq1-250, kanji_directions

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