Readings

Kana: トウ、ひがし
Romaji: tou, higashi
Kana
Romaji

Name Readings

Kana: あい、あがり、あずま、あづま、こ、さき、しの、とお、はる、ひが、もと
Romaji: ai, agari, azuma, azuma, ko, saki, shino, too, haru, higa, moto
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

east

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  8
Radical Number:  4
Frequency:  37
Grade:  2
Skip Pattern:  4-8-3
Korean Reading:  dong
Chinese Reading:  dong1
Unicode:  6771
JIS:  456C

Indexes

Halpern Index: 3568
Nelson Index: 213
New Nelson Index: 2596
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 0a8.9
Four Corner Index: 5090.6
Guide to Remembering Index: 184
Gakken Index: 11
Japanese Names Index: 771
Daikanwanjiten Index: 14499
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 6.0172
Remembering the kanji Index: 504
Busy People Index: 2.10
Kanji Way Index: 108
Kanji Flashcards Index: 63
Kodansha Compact Index: 1053
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 201
Kanji in Context Index: 39
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 2221
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2987
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 516
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 543
Essential Kanji Index: 27
Kodansha Kanji Index: 4385
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1564
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 121
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 164

Words

(あずま、あづま)
eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); eastern provinces; east; six-stringed Japanese zither; my spouse
東京 (とうきょう)
Tokyo
東北 (とうほく、ひがしきた)
north-east; Tohoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu)
東部 (とうぶ)
eastern part; the east (of a region)
東西 (とうざい、ひがしにし)
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; Ladies and Gentlemen!; Your attention, please!; roll-up, roll-up
(ひがし、ひむかし、ひんがし)
east
関東 (かんとう)
Kanto (eastern half of Japan, including Tokyo)
東海 (とうかい)
region south of Tokyo on Pacific Ocean side of Japan; eastern sea; East Sea (controversial name for the Sea of Japan proposed by Korea)
北東 (ほくとう、きたひがし)
northeast
東洋 (とうよう)
Orient
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