N5 Kanji Course

Teacher

Marshall

Meaning:

In Japanese, 東 means “east”.

How to read it:

Kunyomi	ひがし
Onyomi	とう

How to write it:

Origin:

The original meaning of 東 is “bag”.
And then it is used to stand for direction.
You can remember it by “There is a bag in the east”.

Development:

Vocabulary:

Level	Word	Reading	Meaning
Basic	東	ひがし	east
Basic	東京	とうきょう	Tokyo
Inter	東洋	とうよう	orient
Inter	東西	とうざい	east and west
Inter	東大	とうだい	University of Tokyo
Adv	東部	とうぶ	eastern part
Adv	東側	ひがしがわ	east side
Adv	極東	きょくとう	far east
Adv	北東	ほくとう	northeast
H_Adv	南東	なんとう	southeast
Others	東口	ひがしぐち	east exit
Others	東経	とうけい	east longitude
Others	東向き	ひがしむき	facing east
Others	南南東	なんなんとう	south south east