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Kanji Rule (8): A Combination of Pictures

Pictures turned into kanji. A combination of pictures also became kanji. 

  • Meaning
    east

  • Reading
    On-reading: tou
    Kun-reading: higashi

  • Mnemonics
    The sun rises in the east. There is a tree in the east. The sun appears behind the tree. The kanji "east" is a combination of kanji "sun" and "tree." 

Click here to learn more about this kanji character. Click here to learn how to write "the four points of the compass" in hiragana.

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