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east 東
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| Explanation |
In this radical, the sun rises 日 behind a tree 木 in the east. The radical has been simplified to 东. In some characters, such as 拣, there is an additional short horizontal line. For reasons of simplicity, this is nevertheless also understood as "east".
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Used in these characters:
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东
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| east
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Simplified from 東, which shows a sun 日 that rises behind a tree 木 in the east.
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练
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| to train, practice, drill, to perfect (one's skill)
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Left: thread 纟/糸, right: variation of east 东/東 (Behind a tree 木 the sun 日 rises in the east)
(With endurance, like a long) thread and from the early morning (= the sun is still behind the trees) we already shall do our training.
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炼
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| to smelt, to refine, to distill
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Left: fire 火, right: east 东/東 (= The sun 日 rises behind a tree 木 in the east.)
With fire and early in the morning [The sun is still behind the tree] we start smelting (the steel).
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冻
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to freeze, to feel very cold, aspic or jelly
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Left: ice 冫, right: east 东/東 (Where the sun 日 rises behind a tree 木)
(Think here to icicles at a tree, in contrast to frost 霜) The ice 冫hangs at the tree 木 for the whole day 日 because it is frozen.
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陈
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to exhibit, to display, old, stale
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Left: hill 阝, right: east 东 (=東 The sun 日 rises behind a tree 木 in the east.)
If a hill is exhibited in the east, it will be an old-stale exhibit.
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栋
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| ridgepole of building, classifier for buildings
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Left: tree 木, right: east 东/東 (here: 木 as ridge beam, located horizontal at the roof's top, which supports at both sides boards 日 to form the roof)
The tree located at the top, which supports the roof's boards 日 is the ridgepole.
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拣
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to choose, to pick up, to sort out
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Left: hand 扌, right: variant from the east 东/東 (The sun 日 rises behind a tree 木 in the east.)
(First come = free choice) The hand that comes first in the morning (=the sun still behind the trees) can choose.
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