東 means east and is a JLPT N5 kanji. It has 8 strokes and uses the tree radical (木).
Stroke order · 8 strokes
On'yomi (音読み)
トウ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
ひがし
Radical
木 · tree
Strokes
8
How to remember 東
The sun (日) rising from behind a tree (木) — the direction the sun rises from is east. 東京 means 'eastern capital'. Live in Tokyo and you'll see this kanji fifty times a day.