# 東 — East

Frequency rank 170 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Common in published Japanese. A handful of these and real text starts to open.

More common than 集 (Collect), less common than 引 (Pull).

- On’yomi: とう
- Kun’yomi: ひがし
- Radical: 木 Tree (Kangxi 75)
- Frequency path: Level II of XX
- School grade: 2
- Strokes: 8

The sun hauls itself up through the crossbar of that unkillable tree and hangs there smoking, one bar of light burned across the trunk.

In words:

- 東 ひがし — east
- 東西 とうざい — East and West,whole country
- 東洋 とうよう — Orient

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