東 — east

Grade 2 kanji · 8 strokes · on'yomi tou · kun'yomi higashi.

The sun (日) rising through a tree (木) — the sun rises in the east.

Example words

• 東 — higashi — east
• 東京 — toukyou — Tokyo

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