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东
Meaning
- east
- host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest)
- landlord
Example sentence
我来自东京。
I'm from Tokyo.
The character 东
东 is the simplified form of 東, which the old accounts read as a sun rising behind a tree. East: 东边, 东方, 东北, 东南 — and paired with 西 it loses the compass entirely, since 东西 said as one word means a thing.