HSK 3.0 · LEVEL 1
东边
East side / to the east / eastern part
Free Chinese vocabulary flashcard · HSK 1
Why does 东边 look like this?
东 (dōng) represents the sun rising behind a tree, indicating the direction where the day begins. 边 (biān) consists of the 'walking' radical (辶) and a phonetic part (力), together representing a boundary or the side one travels along. Together, they form the concept of 'the eastern side'.