Today’s first #kanji is #東, which is listed under the radical of 木.
Meaning: east
Reading: トウ、ひがし、あずま（あづま）*
東京（トウキョウ）: Tokyo (the capital city of Japan)
東北地方（トウホクチホウ）: the Tohoku Region (north-eastern part of Japan)
東洋（トウヨウ）: the East, the Orient
東海道（トウカイドウ）: the Tokaido (road) – one of the five highways that ran from Edo (Tokyo) to Kyoto
関東（カントウ）: (the) Kanto; the Kanto region
極東（キョクトウ）: the Far East
「エデンの東（ひがし）」: “East of Eden” (a novel by John Steinbeck)
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東風（こち/ひがしかぜ/トウフウ）: an easterly wind, a spring wind
東男（あずまおとこ）: a man from Eastern Japan (regarded as more manly than those from the area around Kyoto, the capital)
東屋（あずまや）: a summerhouse, a gazebo, a bower
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