关东

Traditional form:

關東

Pinyin (reading):

Guāndōng

Definitions:

• Northeast China
• Manchuria
• lit. east of Shanhai Pass 山海關／山海关 ( Shānhǎiguān)
• Kantō region of Japan

Characters:

• 关 - frontier pass; to close, to shut; relation
• 东 - east, eastern, eastward

Traditional characters:

• 關 - frontier pass; to close, to shut; relation
• 東 - east, eastern, eastward