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东海 (Dōng Hǎi): meaning and stroke order

东海 (Dōng Hǎi) means East China Sea, East Sea (Chinese mythology and ancient geography).

东海

Simplified
东海
Traditional
東海
Pinyin
Dōng Hǎi

Stroke order of 东海

东

  • Dōng surname Dong
  • dōng east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest)
  • 5 strokes
  • Traditional form: 東

Stroke by stroke

海

  • Hǎi surname Hai
  • hǎi ocean; sea
  • 10 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 东海

  1. Dōng Hǎi Traditional 東海
    • East China Sea
    • East Sea (Chinese mythology and ancient geography)

Radicals of the characters

东
Radical 一 (Kangxi radical 1) · 5 strokes
海
Radical 水 (Kangxi radical 85) · 10 strokes · 氵 on the left, 每 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

东海 in our stories

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  • 东海龙王敖光派一个夜叉出来查看，夜叉见是个小孩，举起斧头就砍。

    Dōng Hǎi Lóngwáng Áo Guāng pài yí gè yèchā chūlai chákàn yèchā jiàn shì gè xiǎohái jǔ qǐ fǔtou jiù kǎn

    Ao Guang, Dragon King of the Eastern Sea, sent a yaksha out to see what was going on; seeing only a child, the yaksha raised its axe and swung.

    From the story Nezha stirs up the sea HSK 7–9 · Level 8

  • 女娃从小就向往大海。有一天，她一个人划着小船去东海玩，没想到突然起了大风，小船被巨浪打翻，她再也没有回来。

    Nǚwá cóngxiǎo jiù xiàngwǎng dàhǎi yǒu yì tiān tā yí gè rén huá zhe xiǎochuán qù Dōng Hǎi wán méi xiǎngdào tūrán qǐ le dà fēng xiǎochuán bèi jùlàng dǎfān tā zài yě méiyǒu huílai

    From childhood Nüwa longed for the sea. One day she rowed alone out onto the Eastern Sea to play; unexpectedly a gale blew up, a huge wave overturned the boat, and she never came back.

    From the story Jingwei fills the sea HSK 7–9 · Level 8

Stories using 东海

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).