东南

Character by character

• 东dōng5 strokesHSK 1 traditional 東east, eastern, eastward
• 南nán9 strokesHSK 1south; southern part; southward

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 东南. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 东西dōng xiHSK 1

  thing; stuff; person

• 东dōngHSK 1

  east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord

• 南nánHSK 1

  south

• 南方nán fāngHSK 2

  south; the southern part of the country; the South

• 南部nán bùHSK 3

  southern part

• 东部dōng bùHSK 3

  the east; eastern part

• 股东gǔ dōngHSK 6

  shareholder; stockholder

• 东方dōng fāngHSK 2

  east

• 东北dōng běiHSK 2

  northeast

• 西南xī nánHSK 2

  southwest

• 指南zhǐ nánHSK 7

  to guide; guidebook

• 南瓜nán guāHSK 7

  pumpkin

• 房东fáng dōngHSK 3

  landlord

• 南北nán běiHSK 5

  north and south; north to south

• 南极nán jíHSK 5

  south pole

• 东边dōng bianHSK 1

  east; east side; eastern part; to the east of

• 南边nán bianHSK 1

  south; south side; southern part; to the south of

• 指南针zhǐ nán zhēnHSK 7

  compass

• 东张西望dōng zhāng xī wàngHSK 7

  to look in all directions (idiom); to glance around

• 东道主dōng dào zhǔHSK 7

  host; official host (e.g. venue for games or a conference)

• 做东zuò dōng

  to act as host

• 东奔西走dōng bēn xī zǒuHSK 7

  to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily; to bustle about; to hopscotch; also 东跑西颠