东

See also: 東ひがし, 𛁹, 乐, 车, 示しめせ, 車くるま, and 𫠣

东 U+4E1C, 东 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E1C ← 丛 [U+4E1B] CJK Unified Ideographs 丝 → [U+4E1D]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

东 (Kangxi radical 1, 一いち+4, 5 strokes, cangjie input 大木たいぼく (KD), four-corner 4090₄, composition ⿻⿻一いち𠃋小しょう)

Derived characters

• 㑈, 冻, 𪣆, 𫹼, 陈, 胨, 栋, 𬟽, 𭺻, 𬢈, 鸫, 岽, 𣱝, 𭓎

Related characters

• 東ひがし (Traditional form of 东)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 78, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 17, character 5
• Unihan data for U+4E1C

Chinese

Glyph origin

From cursive script of 東ひがし／东 (dōng); compare 車くるま → 车.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 东 – see 東ひがし (“east; host; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 東ひがし).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.