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Kanji Detail for 東 - "east, orient"

東

  • Meaning

    東 means "east, orient." Also associated with master.

    1. East - The direction of sunrise.

    2. Orient - The eastern regions.

    3. Master - A host; the head of a household.

  • Words using 東

    • 中東 ちゅうとう Listen Middle East
    • 東北 とうほく Listen north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
    • 東海 とうかい Listen Tōkai region (of Honshu; incl. Aichi, Shizuoka, Mie and southern Gifu prefectures); eastern sea; Tōkaidō (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
    • 東南 とうなん Listen south-east
    • 東欧 とうおう Listen Eastern Europe
    • 東西 とうざい Listen east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West
    • 東洋 とうよう Listen the East; the Orient; (East) Asia
    • 北東 ほくとう Listen northeast

  • Four-character idioms with 東

    • 東奔西走 とうほんせいそう Listen busying oneself about (something); being on the move; bestirring oneself
    • 古今東西 ここんとうざい Listen all times and places; all ages and countries
    • 東夷西戎 とういせいじゅう Listen barbarians to the east and to the west (from the perspective of old China)
    • 東西南北 とうざいなんぼく Listen east, west, south and north
    • 東西古今 とうざいここん Listen all times and places; everywhen and everywhere
    • 馬耳東風 ばじとうふう Listen utter indifference; talking to the wall; praying to deaf ears

  • Tattoo check: 東

    • Verified meaning: east, orient
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あがり, あきら, あず, あずきよ)
    • Also carries these associations: master

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 東

    Given names 東(あきら)Listen 東(あず)Listen 東(あずきよ)Listen 東(あずま)Listen 東(あづま)Listen 東(さき)Listen 東(とう)Listen

    Surnames 東(あがり)Listen 東(こちざき)Listen 東(たかとう)Listen 東(とうあ)Listen 東(とうはま)Listen

  • 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.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    toh(トウ) トウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    higashi(ひがし) ひがし

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    木 (ki・kihen)

  • Related Keywords

    east orient master region tokyo direction sunrise morning chief leader

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.

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