Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N5

37 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: east

Kunyomi: ひがし

Onyomi: トウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading:

Meaning: tree

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

京(とうきょう)   Tokyo

部(とうぶ)   eastern part

北(とうほく)   Touhoku

洋(とうよう)   East Asia

西南北(とうざいなんぼく)   east, west, south and north

(かんとう)   Kantou

(ちゅうとう)   Middle East

(ひがし)   east

Onyomi Examples

トウオウ Eastern Europe

トウア East Asia, the Orient

北北 ホクホクトウ north-northeast, north-north-east

トウホクトウ east-northeast, ENE

Kunyomi Examples

ひがし east

とうほう eastern direction, the Orient, eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)

犬が西向きゃ尾は いぬがにしむきゃおはひがし that goes without saying, water is wet, when a dog turns west, its tail turns east