東
dōngDōng HSK1

east

东 (東) dōng frequency
east directional
the direction where the sun rises

指南针的红针指向的是东。

zhǐ​nán​zhēn de hóng zhēn zhǐ​xiàng de shì dōng.

The red needle of the compass points to the east.

host verb
the person who entertains guests, pays for a meal, or owns property (landlord)

今天我做东，请大家吃饭。

jīn​tiān wǒ zuò dōng, qǐng dà​jiā chī​fàn.

I'm hosting today; let me treat everyone to a meal.

东 (東) Dōng
Dong proper name
surname Dong

东先生是这家公司的创始人。

Dōng xiān​sheng shì zhè jiā gōng​sī de chuàng​shǐ​rén.

Mr. Dong is the founder of this company.

Frequency
Character
Written text
194th most common 1065.8 per million
Movie subtitles
187th most common 940.1 per million appears in 97% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
40.1 per million appears in 13% of films
Written text
118.3 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Simplified
东
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+6771

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)