IDENTITY
东dōngeast
HSK 1Top 150
CORE MEANING
east
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.eastHSK1
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 木tree radical (mù)
- strokes
- 5
- Structure
- single structure
- IDS sequence
- 东
USAGE
Common words
东西dōngxithing
东边dōngbianeast side
东方dōngfāngthe East
Graded examples
我们往东走。Wǒmen wǎng dōng zǒu.HSK2
We walk east.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
POEM LINES WITH THIS CHARACTER
LEARNING
Memory aid
The sun (日) rising behind a tree (木) — the east. (Simplified from 東.)
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #150
- Memory aid
- imagery
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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