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Mythic Mandarin

东南 (dōng nán): meaning and stroke order

东南 (dōng nán) means southeast.

东南

Simplified
东南
Traditional
東南
Pinyin
dōng nán

Stroke order of 东南

东

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

Stroke by stroke

南

  • Nán surname Nan
  • nā used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]; Taiwan pr. [na2]
  • nán south
  • 9 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 东南

  1. dōng nán Traditional 東南
    • southeast

Radicals of the characters

东
Radical 一 (Kangxi radical 1) · 5 strokes
南
Radical 十 (Kangxi radical 24) · 9 strokes

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.

东南 in our stories

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  • 山被撞断了，天空向西北倾斜，日月星辰都滑向了那一边；大地则向东南塌陷，江河的水都向东流去。

    shān bèi zhuàng duàn le tiānkōng xiàng xīběi qīngxié rì yuè xīngchén dōu huá xiàng le nà yìbiān dàdì zé xiàng dōngnán tāxiàn jiānghé de shuǐ dōu xiàng dōng liú qù

    The mountain broke. The sky tilted towards the north-west and the sun, moon and stars slid that way, while the earth sank towards the south-east and all the rivers began to flow east.

    From the story Nüwa mends the sky HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Stories using 东南

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).