东床 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

dōng east Simplified

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.

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Sound (0 of 5 verified)

冻栋胨鸫岽

Unknown (1)

陈

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Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.492-493漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

chuáng bed

Depicts a bed (爿) made from wood (木). Originally written as 爿 or 牀.

Components

爿 Sound Iconic component

pán, qiáng piece of wood

Depicts a bed.

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 爿 than it was in ancient scripts.

木 Meaning component

mù tree

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dzrjang	k.dzraŋ	bed
Zhengzhang		zraŋ
Unicode	jrhiɑng

Sources

Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.489-490漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang

dōng east Traditional

Pictograph of a basket or a bag. The current meaning "east" is a phonetic loan.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

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Component uses

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tuwng	tˤoŋ (< *tˤoŋʔ ?)	east

說文解字

《說文》：“東，動也。从木。官溥說，从日在木中。”

Sources

Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.492-493漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

东 dōng east Simplified

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Sound (0 of 5 verified)

Unknown (1)

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床 chuáng bed

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Historical Pronunciations

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東 dōng east Traditional

Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (2 of 6 verified)

Iconic (4)

Remnant (1)

Unknown (1)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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dōng east Simplified

chuáng bed

dōng east Traditional