• 194th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.11% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 384 words
  • Component in 6 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dōng (Dong1)surname Dong
2. dōng (dong1)east • host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) • landlord

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

东方 (東方)
东西 (東西)

Uncommon

中东 (中東)
丹东 (丹東)
各奔东西 (各奔東西)
安东尼 (安東尼)
山东 (山東)
山东省 (山東省)
广东 (廣東)
广东人 (廣東人)
广东省 (廣東省)
广东话 (廣東話)
惠东 (惠東)
房东 (房東)
东亚 (東亞)
东京 (東京)
东北 (東北)
东北亚 (東北亞)
东区 (東區)
东南 (東南)
东南亚 (東南亞)
东吴 (東吳)
东城 (東城)
东城区 (東城區)
东家 (東家)
东山 (東山)
东东 (東東)
东海 (東海)
东湖 (東湖)
东营 (東營)
东直门 (東直門)
东莞 (東莞)
东莞市 (東莞市)
东边 (東邊)
东部 (東部)
东阳 (東陽)
毛泽东 (毛澤東)
江东 (江東)
河东 (河東)
浦东 (浦東)
福如东海 (福如東海)
股东 (股東)
华东 (華東)
远东 (遠東)
关东 (關東)

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  • 84th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.21% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 207 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (bu4)ministry • department • section • part • division • troops • board • classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (bu4)The component is pronounced as '' (fu3). It has the same pinyin final.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

全部 
部分 

Uncommon

一部分 
中部 
俱乐部 (俱樂部)
内部 (內部)
公安部 
北部 
南部 
外交部 
外部 
大部分 (大部份)
天龙八部 (天龍八部)
尾部 
局部 
干部 (幹部)
底部 
教育部 
东部 (東部)
总部 (總部)
胸部 
腰部 
腹部 
臀部 
西部 
部份 
部位 
部署 
部落 
部长 (部長)
部门 (部門)
部队 (部隊)
面部 
顶部 (頂部)
头部 (頭部)
颈部 (頸部)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.