東 — east (JLPT N5 kanji)
東
east
トウ ひがし
8 strokesgrade 2 (Japan)JLPT N5very common
Stroke order
Readings
On’yomi (Chinese-derived)
- トウ
Kun’yomi (native Japanese)
- ひがし
Meanings
east
Words with 東
東ひがしeast
Appears in these kanji
練レン・ねpractice
凍トウ・こおfreeze
陳チン・ひdisplay; state
棟トウ・むねroof ridge; building
蘭ランorchid
錬レン・ねrefine; train
諌カン・いさspeak against wrongdoing
Do not confuse with
束ソク・たばbundle
In the vocabulary
学校 から 東 の 病院 まで 行きます。
I’ll go from the school to the hospital to the east.
How to remember it
東Imagine 日 (sun) caught in the branches of 木 (tree) as it rises in the east. This is a visual memory aid, not an etymology.