東 East is a combination of 木 tree and 日 sun.
东 is a combination of 七 seven and 小 small.
原本繁體都好有型，木日，充滿大自然氣息，
點知一轉簡體就變左又七又小，我頂。
Asia, The East, The Orient, there are many terms to describe Chinese-speaking countries. I do not want to start an Orientalist debate, but today I am going to re-teach you the word for ‘East’.
東 East is a combination of:
Click here for our lesson on 木 Tree: http://on.fb.me/HUTFAK
Click here for our lesson on日 Sun: http://on.fb.me/19gThTn
This character is very easy to remember as the sun rises in the east and the character for east is a pictographic representation of the sun rising between the trees.
The simplified form of 東 East looks like this: 东
It is a combination of 七 seven and 小 small, but has the same pronunciation as its traditional counterpart.
東 as noun: East (direction)
東 as adj: Eastern, Eastward, oriental
Pinyin: 東/东Dong1
Pronunciation: http://bit.ly/133fI09
Stroke order: http://bit.ly/1an2RYB
Style: Traditional & Kanji
Rarity: Common
oriental pronunciation 在 Rachel's English (Pronunciation) - Oriental English Linguistic 的推薦與評價
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