• 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.
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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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  • 1133rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 64 words
  • Component in 10 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Wu2)surname Wu • area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai • name of states in Southern China at different historical periods

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

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Example Words

Common

吴国 (吳國)
东吴 (東吳)

Uncommon

吴中区 (吳中區)
吴侬软语 (吳儂軟語)
吴哥窟 (吳哥窟)
吴尊 (吳尊)
吴川 (吳川)
吴川市 (吳川市)
吴建豪 (吳建豪)
吴忠 (吳忠)
吴承恩 (吳承恩)
吴桥 (吳橋)
吴江 (吳江)
吴江市 (吳江市)
吴用 (吳用)
吴兴区 (吳興區)
吴语 (吳語)
吴越 (吳越)
吴邦国 (吳邦國)
吴镇宇 (吳鎮宇)

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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.