dōng

Traditional: 东

#5151 of 5,000 Core 5000

Translation

east; (in 东西) thing

Stroke order

Stroke order for 东

Examples

I'm going to buy a few things.

yángshēng

The sun rises in the east.

These things are all new.

His home is in the east of the city.

东 (dōng) means east as a direction, and pairs with 西 (xī) to form 东西 (dōng xī) "thing, stuff" in everyday speech.

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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 东.

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This word is part of lesson 104.