東

Derived characters

 * 練 (Exception: Only for Japanese . Other regions contain instead)
 * (Contains  東  as a phonetic)
 * (Contains  東  as a phonetic)

Glyph origin
and : or  borrowed for sound, and a distinguishing mark.

Interpreted in the as an : the sun  rising behind a tree. According to p. 47-50, the character represents the  tree.

Alternatively, it is also thought to be a of either a bundle of faggots tied together or a bag tied at both ends (like a cellophane-wrapped candy with the ends twisted).

Etymology
Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬. Perhaps related to or influenced by.

Definitions

 * 1) east
 * 2) host
 * 3) landlord; owner
 * 4)  side
 * 5)  Korea
 * 6)   the first day of a month
 * 1)  side
 * 2)  Korea
 * 3)   the first day of a month
 * 1)  Korea
 * 2)   the first day of a month
 * 1)   the first day of a month
 * 1)   the first day of a month

Descendants
Others:

Etymology 1
→ →

Sound shift from hingashi (see Etymology 2 below).

Now the standard word for east.

Noun

 * 1) the east
 * 2) the Orient
 * 3) an easterly
 * 4)  higher-ranked wrestlers listed on the right of a banzuke
 * 5) an Eastern Bloc country
 * 6)  Kamakura and/or Edo, as opposed to Kyoto and Osaka
 * 1)  higher-ranked wrestlers listed on the right of a banzuke
 * 2) an Eastern Bloc country
 * 3)  Kamakura and/or Edo, as opposed to Kyoto and Osaka
 * 1)  Kamakura and/or Edo, as opposed to Kyoto and Osaka
 * 1)  Kamakura and/or Edo, as opposed to Kyoto and Osaka
 * 1)  Kamakura and/or Edo, as opposed to Kyoto and Osaka

Etymology 2
→ * → →  →  →

Shift from.

Noun

 * 1)  the east

Etymology 3
→ →

From, itself of  derivation.

Noun

 * 1)  the east
 * 2)  the lands east of the
 * 3)  during the  and, the Kamakura region or its titular , as opposed to the imperial capital of Kyoto
 * 4)  during the, the region around Edo
 * 5)  a six-stringed Japanese zither
 * 1)  a six-stringed Japanese zither

Proper noun

 * 1) a placename

Etymology 4
From.

Proper noun

 * : the of Japan
 * 1)  a historical administrative division of Japan, corresponding to the modern  and  regions
 * 2)  Tokyo

Affix

 * 1) east

Etymology 5
From.

Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  east wind (mahjong tile)
 * 2)  a  with a triplet or quad of east wind tiles; depending on wind round and player's seat wind, it is worth either 1 or 2
 * 1)  a  with a triplet or quad of east wind tiles; depending on wind round and player's seat wind, it is worth either 1 or 2

Etymology 6
Nominalization of the stem of adjective.

Etymology 7
Nominalization of verb.

Etymology 8
Nominalization of the of verb.

Etymology
From.

Etymology
From in reference to the direction where the sun rises or ascends.

Noun

 * 1) east

Etymology 1
Ultimate derivation.

A speculative origin might be a compound of 🇰🇲, but the elision of the ma in ama does not follow normal patterns.

Noun

 * 1) the east
 * 2) the lands east of the

Etymology 2
Found in one poem of the , but consistently spelled with this single kanji rather than in man'yōgana, thus leaving the reading unspecified.

Originally a compound of 🇰🇲. The final -si is possibly either the affix meaning “wind”, or a suffix indicating direction as in.

Noun

 * 1) the east

Etymology
From in reference to the direction where the sun rises or ascends.

Noun

 * 1) east