Read Edit View history 東 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. Pinyin Separate values with commas dōng × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 东 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 東 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 335, 691 ], [ 362, 684 ], [ 399, 684 ], [ 473, 694 ], [ 615, 726 ], [ 676, 726 ] ], [ [ 241, 557 ], [ 263, 543 ], [ 288, 509 ], [ 346, 320 ] ], [ [ 286, 561 ], [ 329, 546 ], [ 601, 594 ], [ 667, 600 ], [ 704, 595 ], [ 737, 553 ], [ 711, 493 ], [ 664, 349 ] ], [ [ 394, 452 ], [ 447, 456 ], [ 544, 476 ], [ 598, 471 ] ], [ [ 366, 338 ], [ 380, 348 ], [ 639, 382 ] ], [ [ 444, 855 ], [ 471, 834 ], [ 498, 801 ], [ 494, 205 ], [ 479, 31 ], [ 482, -64 ] ], [ [ 465, 338 ], [ 408, 243 ], [ 328, 155 ], [ 291, 122 ], [ 205, 62 ], [ 121, 21 ] ], [ [ 523, 319 ], [ 533, 294 ], [ 599, 230 ], [ 700, 137 ], [ 759, 95 ], [ 815, 76 ], [ 965, 51 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 520 680 Q 572 690 629 699 Q 675 709 682 715 Q 692 722 687 732 Q 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