CHINESE SCRIPT

CHINESE CHARACTER FORMATION & ETYMOLOGY

 

 

东

 

 

5 strokes ( 一 )

ㄉㄨㄥ1 (tuong1, tong1)

dōng

 

东 = east; host (derives from the fact that traditionally the host is sitting on the east side of a guest); landlord; Chinese surname - trad. 東 => the sun 日 (radical 72) tangled in the branches of a tree 木 (radical 75), as it rises in the east

related: 南 , 北

 

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