东

dōng

east

surname Dong; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord

a picture of 东 → the sun rising behind a tree

The traditional form 東 shows the sun 日 caught midway up a tree 木, exactly where you would see it at dawn. Since the sun rises in the east, the image became the direction itself.

七+小→东

请问洗手间在哪个方向,是东边还是西边?

qǐng wèn xǐ shǒu jiān zài nǎ ge fāng xiàng, shì dōng biān hái shì xī biān?

Excuse me, which direction is the restroom, east or west?

今天我来做东,大家想吃什么就点什么。

jīn tiān wǒ lái zuò dōng, dà jiā xiǎng chī shén me jiù diǎn shén me.

Today I will be the host; everyone order whatever you want to eat.

Words with 东

东郭

dōng guō

two-character surname Dongguo

河东区

hé dōng qū

Hedong district of Tianjin municipality 天津市[Tian1 jin1 shi4]

东川

dōng chuān

Dongchuan district of Kunming city 昆明市[Kun1 ming2 shi4], Yunnan

东突

dōng tū

abbr. for 東突厥斯坦解放組織|东突厥斯坦解放组织

东南西北

dōng nán xī běi

east, south, west and north

东海舰队

dōng hǎi jiàn duì

East Sea Fleet

东西南北

dōng xī nán běi

east west south north

东张西望

dōng zhāng xī wàng

to look in all directions (idiom)

东方红

dōng fāng hóng

The East is Red, north Shaanxi folk song

惠东县

huì dōng xiàn

Huidong, a county in Huizhou City 惠州市[Hui4 zhou1 Shi4], Guangdong

东莞市

dōng guǎn shì

Dongguan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省[Guang3 dong1 Sheng3]

巴东县

bā dōng xiàn

Badong, a county in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州[En1 shi1 Tu3 jia1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Hubei

More characters with 七

车虍柒切乇皂