東 — dong

Parts that make up 東

Korean example words with 東

• 동단東端 Korean gloss: 동쪽 끝
• 동천東天 Korean gloss: 동쪽 하늘
• 동산東山 Korean gloss: 동쪽에 있는 산
• 동창東窓 Korean gloss: 동쪽으로 난 창
• 동방東邦 Korean gloss: 동쪽에 있는 나라
• 동다東茶 Korean gloss: 한국 고유의 차(茶)
• 동벌東伐 Korean gloss: 동방(東方)을 정벌함
• 동문東門 Korean gloss: 성곽의 동쪽에 있는 문
• 동부東部 Korean gloss: 어떤 지역의 동쪽 부분
• 정동正東 Korean gloss: 똑바른 동쪽. 또는 그런 방향
• 동서東西 Korean gloss: 동양과 서양을 아울러 이르는 말
• 이동以東 Korean gloss: 어떤 지점을 기준으로 하여 그 동쪽

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 東

• 東ひがし east
• 東京とうきょう Tokyo
• 中東ちゅうとう Middle East
• 東海とうかい Tōkai region (of Honshu; incl. Aichi, Shizuoka, Mie and southern Gifu prefectures); eastern sea; Tōkaidō (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
• 東北とうほく north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
• 東欧とうおう Eastern Europe
• 東西とうざい east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West
• 東南とうなん south-east
• 東洋とうよう the East; the Orient; (East) Asia
• 東部とうぶ eastern part; the east (of a region)
• 北東ほくとう northeast
• 極東きょくとう Far East

Characters sharing the phonetic 東

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “동” in Korean.

Other hanja read “동”

Other hanja with radical 木