東 — kanji meaning “east”
東
east
- Meanings
- east
- On'yomi
- トウ (tou)
- Kun'yomi
- ひがし
- Name readings
- あい、あがり、あずま、あづま、こち、さき
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- 2
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 4
- Newspaper frequency
- #37 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 75
- Chinese reading
- dōng — Chinese character page
Words with 東
| 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 |
| 南東 | なんとう nantou | southeast |
| 東海 | とうかい toukai | Tōkai region (of Honshu; incl. Aichi, Shizuoka, Mie and southern Gifu prefectures) |
| 東欧 | とうおう touou | Eastern Europe |
| 中東 | ちゅうとう chuutou | Middle East |
| 東方 | とうほう touhou | eastern direction |
| 東側 | ひがしがわ higashigawa | east side; east bank |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.