東

• 読み: ひがし
• ローマ字: higashi
• 漢字の分解: 東 (higashi/tou) — east
• 発音: /çi.ɡa.ɕi/

意味

East. One of the four cardinal directions, frequently used in place names and navigation.

A noun for the cardinal direction east. Appears in countless Japanese place names, most famously 東京 (Tokyo, meaning 'eastern capital'). Can be read as ひがし in native Japanese or とう in Sino-Japanese compounds.

例文

1. 太陽は東から出ます。
2. 東口で待っています。
3. 私の家は駅の東にあります。

使い方ガイド

場面: directions, place names, geography

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From Old Japanese. The kanji 東 originally depicted a bag tied at both ends, but was borrowed for its phonetic value to represent the direction of the rising sun.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal