東 — east

東
Meaning
east
On reading
トウtou
Kun reading
ひがしhigashi
Strokes
8
Learned in
Grade 2 of elementary school in Japan

東 in names

When I turn a name into kanji, I use 東 for the sound “to” (と).

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