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Kanji Detail for 東 - "east, sunrise, orient"
東
- Meaning
東 means "east, sunrise, orient."
East - The direction of sunrise.
Orient - The eastern regions.
Master - A host; the head of a household.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
east
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
east, eastern, eastward
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
surname Dong
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
east, eastern, eastward
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A direction name. Colloquially, hosts are called 東. "Eastern road host" was Zheng state's term addressing Chu, meaning being the host of the east. From "Zuo Zhuan." Now terms like 賓東 (employer), 股東 (shareholder) derive from this. | Japan is east of China, hence called 東洋 (Eastern Seas). Japanese writing is also called 東文. | 坦腹東床: A story about Wang Xizhi. From "Book of Jin." Hence son-in-law is later called 東床.
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Sentences including 東
In comparison with tokyo , london is small.
He entered tokyo university this spring.
Are you going to go to tokyo tomorrow?
He came to tokyo at the age of three.
He started from tokyo for osaka by car.
His train arrived at tokyo station.
Where should i check in for tokyo?
My house is near tokyo tower.
I wonder which train i should take for tokyo.
The capital of japan is tokyo.
Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
それで夏休みに当然帰るべきところを、わざと避けて東京の近くで遊んでいたのである。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
先生の元の同級生などで、その頃東京にいるものはほとんど二人か三人しかないという事も知っていた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
しかし先生の何もしないで遊んでいるという事は、東京へ帰って少し経ってから始めて分った。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
「こんど東京へ行くときには椎茸でも持って行ってお上げ」「ええ、しかし先生が干した椎茸なぞを食うかしら」「旨くはないが、別に嫌いな人もないだろう」私には椎茸と先生を結び付けて考えるのが変であった」
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
その上私は国へ帰るたびに、父にも母にも解らない変なところを東京から持って帰った。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
しかし暑い盛りの八月を東京まで来て送ろうとも考えていなかった。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私は暇乞いをする時先生夫婦に述べた通り、それから三日目の汽車で東京を立って国へ帰った。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
そう考える私はまたここの土を離れて、東京で気楽に暮らして行けるだろうか。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
あの目眩るしい東京の下宿の二階で、遠く走る電車の音を耳にしながら、頁を一枚一枚にまくって行く方が、気に張りがあって心持よく勉強ができた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私はそれを封じる時、先生ははたしてまだ東京にいるだろうかと疑った。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
自分の机の置いてある所へ来て、新聞を読みながら、遠い東京の有様を想像した。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha