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東

Level II of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 170 / 2,608

East

On’yomi
とう
Kun’yomi
ひがし
Radical
木 Tree (Kangxi 75)
School grade
2
Strokes
8

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

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

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 eastN5
東西 とうざい East and West,whole countryN2
東洋 とうよう OrientN2

東 is rank 170 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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