Read Edit View history 东 dōngDōng HSK1 east Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of a basket or a bag. The current meaning "east" is a phonetic loan. The simplified character 东 was adapted from the cursive form of the traditional character 東. Pinyin Separate values with commas dōng × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 東 × Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 东 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 192, 575 ], [ 244, 566 ], [ 323, 570 ], [ 525, 600 ], [ 741, 647 ], [ 811, 648 ] ], [ [ 465, 839 ], [ 502, 783 ], [ 390, 491 ], [ 320, 351 ], [ 311, 322 ], [ 356, 314 ], [ 690, 365 ], [ 744, 353 ] ], [ [ 487, 492 ], [ 535, 439 ], [ 534, 212 ], [ 526, 60 ], [ 507, 26 ], [ 458, 43 ], [ 375, 93 ] ], [ [ 314, 213 ], [ 286, 152 ], [ 223, 71 ], [ 206, 38 ] ], [ [ 669, 235 ], [ 746, 181 ], [ 807, 129 ], [ 826, 101 ], [ 840, 62 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 444 562 Q 574 584 711 605 Q 807 623 821 634 Q 831 643 827 654 Q 820 669 785 679 Q 751 688 713 676 Q 568 633 465 615 L 409 606 Q 310 594 203 587 Q 158 583 189 560 Q 234 530 337 547 Q 361 551 389 554 L 444 562 Z", "M 560 320 Q 645 332 704 335 Q 752 338 754 351 Q 755 367 721 388 Q 691 406 560 374 L 505 363 Q 445 354 375 343 Q 354 340 353 345 L 444 562 L 465 615 Q 520 747 544 764 Q 566 782 553 795 Q 492 849 462 850 Q 450 849 457 824 Q 470 775 409 606 L 389 554 Q 334 403 275 353 Q 248 331 267 278 Q 274 259 293 267 Q 369 294 506 313 L 560 320 Z", "M 560 374 Q 561 408 572 433 Q 582 452 564 466 Q 537 488 506 499 Q 487 506 478 498 Q 472 491 483 475 Q 504 439 505 363 L 506 313 Q 507 88 489 74 Q 480 67 467 71 Q 422 84 379 99 Q 366 102 367 94 Q 368 87 378 78 Q 463 5 494 -39 Q 509 -57 525 -43 Q 565 -1 564 67 Q 561 103 560 320 L 560 374 Z", "M 300 217 Q 258 157 206 106 Q 176 78 187 36 Q 191 15 216 23 Q 244 36 266 65 Q 300 108 313 149 Q 326 183 325 211 Q 322 221 316 224 Q 306 224 300 217 Z", "M 667 213 Q 728 156 803 73 Q 822 51 839 45 Q 849 44 857 55 Q 872 70 857 119 Q 848 180 668 249 Q 658 255 656 240 Q 655 225 667 213 Z" ] } 5 strokes 东 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 192, 575 ], [ 244, 566 ], [ 323, 570 ], [ 525, 600 ], [ 741, 647 ], [ 811, 648 ] ], [ [ 465, 839 ], [ 502, 783 ], [ 390, 491 ], [ 320, 351 ], [ 311, 322 ], [ 356, 314 ], [ 690, 365 ], [ 744, 353 ] ], [ [ 487, 492 ], [ 535, 439 ], [ 534, 212 ], [ 526, 60 ], [ 507, 26 ], [ 458, 43 ], [ 375, 93 ] ], [ [ 314, 213 ], [ 286, 152 ], [ 223, 71 ], [ 206, 38 ] ], [ [ 669, 235 ], [ 746, 181 ], [ 807, 129 ], [ 826, 101 ], [ 840, 62 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 444 562 Q 574 584 711 605 Q 807 623 821 634 Q 831 643 827 654 Q 820 669 785 679 Q 751 688 713 676 Q 568 633 465 615 L 409 606 Q 310 594 203 587 Q 158 583 189 560 Q 234 530 337 547 Q 361 551 389 554 L 444 562 Z", "M 560 320 Q 645 332 704 335 Q 752 338 754 351 Q 755 367 721 388 Q 691 406 560 374 L 505 363 Q 445 354 375 343 Q 354 340 353 345 L 444 562 L 465 615 Q 520 747 544 764 Q 566 782 553 795 Q 492 849 462 850 Q 450 849 457 824 Q 470 775 409 606 L 389 554 Q 334 403 275 353 Q 248 331 267 278 Q 274 259 293 267 Q 369 294 506 313 L 560 320 Z", "M 560 374 Q 561 408 572 433 Q 582 452 564 466 Q 537 488 506 499 Q 487 506 478 498 Q 472 491 483 475 Q 504 439 505 363 L 506 313 Q 507 88 489 74 Q 480 67 467 71 Q 422 84 379 99 Q 366 102 367 94 Q 368 87 378 78 Q 463 5 494 -39 Q 509 -57 525 -43 Q 565 -1 564 67 Q 561 103 560 320 L 560 374 Z", "M 300 217 Q 258 157 206 106 Q 176 78 187 36 Q 191 15 216 23 Q 244 36 266 65 Q 300 108 313 149 Q 326 183 325 211 Q 322 221 316 224 Q 306 224 300 217 Z", "M 667 213 Q 728 156 803 73 Q 822 51 839 45 Q 849 44 857 55 Q 872 70 857 119 Q 848 180 668 249 Q 658 255 656 240 Q 655 225 667 213 Z" ] } 5 strokes Historical Pronunciations No items. + Add historical pronunciation Sources × × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.