Chinese Character Wiki
東

dōng

east

Pictograph of a basket or a bag. The current meaning "east" is a phonetic loan.

Evolution

東 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
東 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
東 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
東 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
東 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

东 (東) 

dōng

east, eastern, eastward; east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord

东 (東) 

Dōng

surname Dong

Most common words with 東
Freq.
Word
Meaning

东西

thing

东

east

股东

shareholder

广东

Guangdong province (Kwangtung) in south China, short name 粵|粤[Yuè], capital Guangzhou 廣州|广州

山东

Shandong province (Shantung) in northeast China, abbr. 魯|鲁, capital 濟南|济南

Component uses

Sound component in 6 characters (2 verified)

重 童 凍 棟 腖 鶇

Iconic component in 4 characters (4 verified)

重 量 熏 㯥

Remnant component in 1 character (1 verified)

量

Unknown component in 1 character (1 verified)

陳

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*tˤoŋ (< *tˤoŋʔ ?)

tuwng

dōng

east


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 96.6683% of movies

187th most common character in movies

194th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Simplified

东

Unicode

U+6771

Shuowen

“東，動也。从木。官溥說，从日在木中。”


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