Chinese Character 東 Meanings and components.

Form

東

Meaning

東 meaning[3] in English

Surname Dong.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 東 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Mu (木) , and abbr. for 日本[Ri4 … (日)

Its radical[1] is: 木 (mu4) which means: Surname Mu, .木mu4surname Mu

In cangjie it is written with DW

How to write 東

To write東dong1surname Dong you should write a combination of 木mu4surname Mu , 日ri4abbr. for … arranged in a + shape:

木 + 日 = 東

東 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 東 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 東, looks as follow:

東
Pinyin:dong1 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Surname Dong
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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