The kanji 東: meaning, readings and stroke order

東

Meaning: east
On reading: トウ tou
Kun reading: ひがし higashi
Strokes: 8
Radical: 木 tree
Level: Level 2 · grade 2

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: phía đông (đông)
Japanese: ひがし。
Korean: 동쪽 (동)
Chinese: 东方 (东)

Readings, words and example sentences

トウ tou · on reading

東とう京きょう
Tokyo
東とう京きょうはとても広いです。
Tokyo is very big.

ひがし higashi · kun reading

東ひがし
east
東ひがしの空が明るくなりました。
The eastern sky got bright.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.