東 (dōng)
east
How 東 is written
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- Traditional
- 東
- Simplified
- 东
Common words using 東
- 東西 dōngxī
- east and west
- 中東 zhōngdōng
- Middle East
- 丹東 dāndōng
- Dandong prefecture level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省 in northeast China
- 各奔東西 gèbèndōngxī
- to go separate ways (idiom); to part ways with someone
- 山東 shāndōng
- Shandong province (Shantung) in northeast China, abbr. 魯|鲁, capital 濟南|济南
- 山東省 shāndōngshěng
- Shandong province (Shantung) in northeast China, abbr. 魯|鲁, capital Ji'nan 濟南|济南
- 廣東 guǎngdōng
- Guangdong province (Kwangtung) in south China, abbr. 粤, capital Guangzhou 廣州|广州
- 廣東人 guǎngdōngrén
- Cantonese (people)
- 廣東省 guǎngdōngshěng
- Guangdong province (Kwangtung) in south China, abbr. 粤, capital Guangzhou 廣州|广州
- 廣東話 guǎngdōnghuà
- Cantonese language
- 惠東 huìdōng
- Huidong county in Huizhou 惠州[Hui4 zhou1], Guangdong
- 房東 fángdōng
- landlord
東 in a sentence
太陽從東邊升起。
Tàiyáng cóng dōngbiān shēngqǐ.
“The sun rises from the east.”
How common is 東?
東 is the 194th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 55.1% of all running text.
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