東

東 is a traditional Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “east”. It is treated as a basic building block: it is not broken down any further here. It appears as a component in 17 other characters in this index.

Keyword: east
Pinyin (Mandarin): dōng
Script: Traditional chinese hanzi
Also known as: east, eastern, eastward, восток, eastern, eastward
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 東 east

Decomposition

No decomposition is listed: this shape is used whole.

Characters that contain 東

倲 (simplified form) rude
凍 freeze
埬埬
娻娻
崠 place name in guangxi province
崬 place name in guangxi province
棟 the main beams supporting a house
氭 (obsolete
涷 rainstorm
腖 peptone
菄菄
蝀 rainbow
諌 remonstrate
錬 smelt metals
陳 exhibit
鯟鯟
鶇 thrush

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