U+6771 "東" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
U+6771 "東" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character meaning "east." It is widely used in East Asian languages, including Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, where it represents the cardinal direction of east and often carries cultural connotations of spring, renewal, or the rising sun. In Japanese, this character is also used in the kun'yomi reading "higashi" and appears in many compound words, such as "東京" (Tokyo), which means "Eastern Capital." The character is composed of the components for "tree" or "wood" and "sun," suggesting the imagery of the sun rising behind a tree, symbolizing the east. Its simplified counterpart, "东," is standard in mainland China, while the traditional form "東" remains in use in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and older texts.