| 121 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 201 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 184 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 11 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 213 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 27 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 63 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 771 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.10 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 71 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 71 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 39 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1053 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4385 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2221 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2987 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 516 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14499 | Morohashi |
| 3568 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2596 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 504 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 543 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 108 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 164 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
37 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 東欧 【トウオウ】 Eastern Europe
- 東亜 【トウア】 East Asia, the Orient
- 北北東 【ホクホクトウ】 north-northeast, north-north-east
- 東北東 【トウホクトウ】 east-northeast, ENE
Kun reading compounds
- 東 【ひがし】 east
- 東方 【とうほう】 eastern direction, the Orient, eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)
- 犬が西向きゃ尾は東 【いぬがにしむきゃおはひがし】 that goes without saying, water is wet, when a dog turns west, its tail turns east
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あい、 あがり、 あずま、 あづま、 こち、 さき、 しの、 とお、 はる、 ひが、 もと
- Korean:
- dong
Spanish
- Este
Portuguese
- Oriente
French
- Est
| 1564 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a8.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-8-3 | SKIP code |
| 5090.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-37-76 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6771 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
123 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 都 【ト】 Metropolis (of Tokyo), (Tokyo) Metropolitan District, metropolitan prefecture, counter for cities and towns, capital
- 都営 【トエイ】 (under) metropolitan government management
- 遷都 【セント】 relocation of the capital, transfer of the capital
- 東都 【トウト】 the Eastern Capital (now Tokyo), Yedo, Edo
- 都度 【ツド】 each (every) time, whenever
- 都合 【ツゴウ】 circumstances, condition, convenience, arranging, managing, lending money, raising money, in all, in total, all told
Kun reading compounds
- 都 【みやこ】 capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital), seat of government, capital (of music, fashion, etc.), city (e.g. of light), location of the Imperial Palace
- 都入り 【みやこいり】 arriving in the capital
- 京の都 【きょうのみやこ】 Kyoto
- 花の都 【はなのみやこ】 City of Flowers (nickname for various cities, esp. Paris and Florence)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- くに、 ず、 ち、 づめ、 みや
- Korean:
- do
Spanish
- metrópoli
- capital
Portuguese
- metropole
- capital
French
- métropole
- capitale
| 287 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 376 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 355 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 92 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4769 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 173 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 265 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1419 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.12 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 188 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 188 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 338 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 761 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2120 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1106 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1505 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1863 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 39497P | Morohashi |
| 1686 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6148 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1846 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1989 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 384 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1444 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2d8.13 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-8-3 | SKIP code |
| 1-8-2 | SKIP code |
| 4762.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-37-52 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 90fd | Unicode hex code |