| 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 5
JLPT level N1
365 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 独 【ドク】 Germany
- 独裁 【ドクサイ】 dictatorship, despotism, autocracy, running (a company, etc.) despotically
- 西独 【セイドク】 West Germany (1949-1990)
- 英独 【エイドク】 United Kingdom and Germany, British-German, Anglo-German, English-German
Kun reading compounds
- 一人 【ひとり】 one person, being alone, being by oneself, being single, being unmarried, by oneself, alone, just, only, simply
- 一人歩き 【ひとりあるき】 taking on a life of its own (of a rumour, etc.), walking by oneself, taking a walk by oneself, walking unaided, being able to walk without help, standing on one's own feet, being independent, taking care of oneself
Readings
- Japanese names:
- どいつ、 どっ
- Korean:
- dog
Spanish
- único
- sólo
- Alemania
Portuguese
- solteiro
- só
- espontaneamente
- Alemanha
French
- célibataire
- seul
- spontanément
- Allemagne
| 687 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 784 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 763 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 479 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2884 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 618 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 728 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 788 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 219 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 219 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 559 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1303 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 471 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 293 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 354 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 528 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 20406 | Morohashi |
| 395 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3574 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 522 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 561 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 205 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 704 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2971 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3g6.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-6 | SKIP code |
| 4523.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-38-40 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 72ec | Unicode hex code |