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  • 地
  • 食

6 東 East

Radical Combination

  • 木 Tree
  • 日 Sun

Readings

On’yomi

とう

Kun’yomi

ひがし

Nanori

None

Meaning Mnemonic

Behind that tree the sun is rising in the east. The sun always rises in the east, so if you head that way, past the tree, you'll be going east too.

Hints

Picture the sun behind the tree, don't picture the sun alone, you'll burn your eyes. It's slowly coming up behind it. Now think: where does the sun rise? In the east!

Reading Mnemonic

You walk east for a few hours until you finally come to a city. It's とうきょう. Oh! とうきょう is in the east. I get it now!

Hints

When you think about East Japan think about とうきょう. And if you're bad at geography, just look at a map for a while. Or, stand outside in the morning, watch the sun rise behind the trees, and point that way. That's east, it's where とうきょう is!

Visually Similar Kanji

  • 車
    • しゃ
    • Car
  • 京
    • きょう
    • Capital
  • 束
    • そく
    • Bundle

Found In Vocabulary

  • 東
    • ひがし
    • East
  • 東方
    • とうほう
    • Eastward
  • 中東
    • ちゅうとう
    • Middle East
  • 南東
    • なんとう
    • Southeast
  • 東北
    • とうほく
    • Tohoku
  • 東京
    • とうきょう
    • Tokyo
  • 東口
    • ひがしぐち
    • East Exit
  • 東京都
    • とうきょうと
    • Tokyo Metr...
  • 東京弁
    • とうきょうべん
    • Tokyo Dialect
  • 東側
    • ひがしがわ
    • East Side
  • 東芝
    • とうしば
    • Toshiba
  • 東亜
    • とうあ
    • East Asia
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