东

• 拼音: dōng
• 汉字拆解: 东 = simplified from 東, pictograph of the sun rising behind a tree — east

含义

East. One of the four cardinal directions.

Used as a directional word meaning east. Appears in many compounds: 东边 (east side), 东方 (the East/Orient), 东西 (things — literally east-west). Often used in location descriptions.

例句

1. 太阳从东边出来。
2. 学校在我家的东边。
3. 往东走就到了。

用法指南

语境: direction, location

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 请往东走。(Please go east.)
• 东边有一家商店。(There is a shop to the east.)

错误说法

• 去东 alone as a complete direction (Too abrupt — say 往东走 or 去东边 for 'go east')

起源与历史

Simplified from 東. The original character depicted the sun rising behind a tree, symbolizing the east where the sun appears.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal