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Kanji for directions and position

The kanji for the four compass points, left and right, up and down, in front and behind. You will see them constantly on station signs and maps: 東口 (higashiguchi) is the east exit, and 北海道 (Hokkaidō) is the “northern sea road”.

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Kanji readings, meanings and frequency from KANJIDIC2, © Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. JLPT levels from Jonathan Waller's JLPT resources (CC BY).