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东dōngeast

Theme
Place
Level
HSK 3
Strokes
5
Syllable
dong

How 东 is written

Stroke order matters: it sets the proportions of the character and how a reader will parse it. In the trainer these same boxes reject a stroke drawn out of turn.

东 — 5 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

Build a practice sheet with 东

Examples

东边有一座山。

Dōngbiān yǒu yī zuò shān.

There is a mountain to the east.

  • 东dōngeast
  • 边biānside
  • 有yǒuto have
  • 一yīone
  • 座zuòmeasure word for large objects
  • 山shānmountain

太阳从东边出来。

Tàiyáng cóng dōng biān chū lái.

The sun rises in the east.

  • 太阳tàiyángsun
  • 从cóngfrom
  • 东dōngeast
  • 边biānside
  • 出chūto go out
  • 来láito come

Not to be confused with

Characters that look or sound alike. The trainer mixes them into the answer options for exactly that reason — so the difference sticks.

  • 懂
  • 冬dōngwinter
  • 冻