东方

Character by character

• 东dōng5 strokesHSK 1 traditional 東east, eastern, eastward
• 方fāng4 strokesHSK 1a square, rectangle; a region; local

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 东方. 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

• 地方dì fangHSK 1

  area; place; space; room; territory

• 方式fāng shìHSK 3

  way; manner; style; mode; pattern

• 方法fāng fǎHSK 2

  method; way; means

• 方面fāng miànHSK 2

  respect; aspect; field; side

• 方fāngHSK 4

  square; power or involution (math.); upright; honest; fair and square; direction; side; party (to a contract, dispute etc); place; method; prescription (medicine); just when; only or just; classifier for square things; abbr. for square or cubic meter

• 对方duì fāngHSK 3

  the other person; the other side; the other party

• 方向fāng xiàngHSK 2

  direction; orientation

• 东dōngHSK 1

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

• 方便fāng biànHSK 2

  convenient; suitable; to facilitate; to make things easy; having money to spare; (euphemism) to relieve oneself

• 方案fāng ànHSK 4

  plan; program (for action etc); proposal; proposed bill

• 双方shuāng fāngHSK 3

  bilateral; both sides; both parties involved

• 南方nán fāngHSK 2

  south; the southern part of the country; the South

• 官方guān fāngHSK 4

  government; official (approved or issued by an authority)

• 西方xī fāngHSK 2

  the West; the Occident; Western countries

• 另一方面lìng yī fāng miànHSK 3

  on the other hand; another aspect

• 北方běi fāngHSK 2

  north; the northern part a country; China north of the Yellow River

• 东部dōng bùHSK 3

  the east; eastern part

• 股东gǔ dōngHSK 6

  shareholder; stockholder

• 前方qián fāngHSK 6

  ahead; the front

• 东北dōng běiHSK 2

  northeast

• 处方chǔ fāngHSK 7

  medical prescription; to write out a prescription; (fig.) recommendation; advice

• 上方shàng fāngHSK 7

  place above (it); upper part (of it)

• 一方面yī fāng miànHSK 3

  on the one hand