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東 means 'east'

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Strokes : 8    Frequency: 110   JLPT: N5    Usefulness: 1    Study set: 1-3    Grade: 2   Intermediate lesson: 3    Beginner lesson: 11   Begins 189 words   Used in 243 words   Used in 9356 names   Component in 21 kanji (6 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   トウ
Kun
   ひがし east
Name
   あずま
Additional readings
Name    あい   あがり   あづま   こ   さき   しの   とお   はる   ひが   もと
Variants
东 (Chinese)  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 東 is used 21 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 東 is used 221 times, read 2 ways (with 5 variations). 1 word uses a non-standard reading.
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トウ : 168 words FIND ALL
と う ざ い 1
1. east and west
2. Orient and Occident; East and West
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トウ (read as どう) : 2 words FIND ALL
ば ん ど う 1
noun
Kanto region (incl. Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki and Chiba prefectures)  (see also: 関東地方)
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ひがし : 33 words FIND ALL
ひ が し 0
noun
east
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はる: 1 word. FIND ALL
noun
crown prince
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あづま: 3 words. FIND ALL
あ づ ま コ ー ト 4
noun
Azuma coat; type of coat worn over a kimono; popular in the middle of the Meiji era
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しの: 2 words. FIND ALL
し の の め 0
noun
daybreak; dawn  (archaic)
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あずま: 11 words. FIND ALL
あ ず ま お と こ 4
noun
man from eastern Japan (esp. Edo or elsewhere in the Kanto region)
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Part of a non-standard reading: 1 word. FIND ALL
カ ン ト ン 1
Most common form: カントン
1. Guangdong (China); Kwangtung
2. Guangzhou; Kwangchow; Canton (China)  (see also: 広州)
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An additional あずま less common words include 東 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 201 (originally: 184)  Joy o' Kanji : 184  Key to Kanji: 799 

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東
トウ   ひがし east   
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