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 junior high
JLPT level N1
1383 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 浄化槽 【ジョウカソウ】 water-purification tank, septic tank
- 浄化 【ジョウカ】 purification, cleanup (e.g. of politics), purge
- 自浄 【ジジョウ】 self-purification, self-cleansing
- 不浄 【フジョウ】 unclean, dirty, impure, bathroom, toilet (room), menstruation, menses, feces, faeces
Kun reading compounds
- 清める 【きよめる】 to purify, to cleanse, to exorcise, to purge, to ward off
- 清い 【きよい】 clean, clear, pure, honest, clean, innocent, platonic, chaste
Readings
- Korean:
- jeong
Spanish
- puro
- inocente
Portuguese
- limpar
- purificar
- limpeza
- exorcisar
- Disnastia Manchu
French
- nettoyer
- laver
- purifier
- dynastie Mandchoue
1417 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1559 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2548 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
976 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1472 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
823 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
664 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
675 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1495 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1187 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
457 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
282 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
342 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1163 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
17451 | Morohashi |
382 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3128 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1155 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1239 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1274 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
347 | 2001 Kanji |
3a6.18 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-6 | SKIP code |
3715.7 | Four corner code |
1-30-84 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6d44 | Unicode hex code |