東 – Kanji details

Keyword

east

Info

Frequency	Top 600-700
Type	Kyōiku (2nd grade) ?
Kanken	Level 9
Heisig	543
Readings	とう (45%) ひがし (22%) ひんがし (14%) ひむかし (14%)
	あずまあづまどうここちとんとどんはるしのご

Composed of

木

tree

日

sun

Mnemonic

A pictograph of a rising sun behind a tree, representing east.

Used in kanji (9 in total)

practice

frozen

temper

main pillar

to express

column (in a newspaper)

煉

refine over a flame

諌

remonstrate

鶇

???

Used in vocabulary (294 in total)

東ひがし

east

東とう京きょう

Tokyo

関かん東とう

Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)

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Examples (200 in total)

1985年ねんからずっと東とう京きょうに住すんでいます。

I have lived in Tokyo since 1985.

あなたはいつ東とう京きょうから帰かえってきたのですか。

When did you come back from Tokyo?

あなたは東とう京きょうから来きたんですか？

Do you come from Tokyo?

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