Radical Combination

Meaning

Primary

East

Mnemonic

This is the same as the radical for east, so it means east too.

Readings

On’yomi

とう

Kun’yomi

ひがし

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

You see a man walk straight toward the sun rising in the east. It's so bright he can't see anything, so he trips and he gashes (ひがし) his knee on a rock. Yikes… But he gets back up, determined to head east, and, oh no, he gashes his other knee! OK, he should probably give up on going east.

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