Character Details
| east | Ascii: — | w67 | |||||||||
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| Hanyu | Pinyin | Pronunciation | Tone | Components/Primitives | Wiktionary | Alt Sounds | |||||
| 东 | dōng | dawng | 1 | 一 (horizontal) + 木 (tree) → east | 东 link | ||||||
| Picture | Character Story | ||||||||||
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Pictograph of a rickshaw which are the traditional little cars found in the east. | ||||||||||
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| [HSK 1] - — | |||||||||||
| Examples | |||||||||||
| - North-eastern China | - --Research Pending-- | ||||||||||
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| Single Character Decomposition | |||||||||||
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| Radical | Name | Label | Domain | Component Persona | Example Characters | ||||||
| 9 - 曰 | yuē | tree | say | open‑mouth sun | 曰 曹 | ||||||
| Elements | Semantic Element | Phonetic Element | Note | ||||||||
| 一 (horizontal) + 木 (tree) → east | 木 (semantic: tree) | 日 (phonetic origin) | ancient form: sun rising behind tree | ||||||||