Japanese symbol for “ese”
東南東
とうなんとう
Romaji: tounantou
east-southeast; ESE
In Japanese, ese is 東南東, read とうなんとう (tounantou).
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Meanings
- n east-southeast; ESE
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 東京 | とうきょう toukyou | Tokyo |
| 東西 | とうざい touzai | east and west |
| 東洋 | とうよう touyou | the East; the Orient; (East) Asia |
| 東部 | とうぶ toubu | eastern part; the east (of a region) |
| 北東 | ほくとう hokutou | northeast |
| 東北 | とうほく touhoku | north-east |
| 南部 | なんぶ nanbu | southern part; the south (of a region) |
| 南北 | なんぼく nanboku | north and south; north to south |
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.