Memory phrase for the character: 东

东

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Meaning

east

Pronunciation

dōng

Explanation

Mnemonic
 
Simplified from 東, which shows the sun 日 rising behind a tree 木 in the east.

Radicals

一 one
東 eastIn this radical, the sun rises 日 behind a tree 木 in the east. The radical has been simplified to 东.




 Vocabulary

向东 xiàng dōng  eastwards
东非大地堑 Dōng Fēi dà dì qiàn  Great East African rift valley
郝海东 Hǎo Hǎi dōng  Hao Haidong
东夷 Dōng yí  Eastern Barbarians, non-Han tribe living to the east of China c 2200 BC
金乌西坠，玉兔东升 jīn wū xī zhuì , yù tù dōng shēng  lit. the golden bird of the sun sets in the west, the jade hare of the moon rises in the east; fig. at sunset
股东 gǔ dōng  shareholder; stockholder
东汉 Dōng hàn  Eastern or later Han dynasty, 25-220
东南亚 dōng nán yà  Southeast Asia
中东 Zhōng dōng  East China; Middle East
东南 dōng nán  southeast
东西 dōng xī  east and west
东西 dōng xī  

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