Japanese symbol for “edo”
江戸
えど
Romaji: edo
Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo
In Japanese, edo is 江戸, read えど (edo).
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Meanings
- n Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “edo”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 東都 | とうと touto | the Eastern Capital (now Tokyo); Yedo; Edo |
| 江都 | こうと kouto | Edo |
| 四里四方 | よりよほう yoriyohou | Edo |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 堀江 | ほりえ horie | canal |
| 江上 | こうじょう koujou | (on the) bank of a large river |
| 江戸前 | えどまえ edomae | Tokyo style |
| 長江 | ちょうこう choukou | Yangtze River (China); Changjiang River |
| 近江 | おうみ oumi | Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture) |
| 井戸 | いど ido | water well |
| 戸籍 | こせき koseki | family register |
| 瀬戸 | せと seto | strait; channel |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.