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Variants
Phonetic
Semantic
Apparent
日 木
Mandarin
dong1
English
Definitions
east; eastern; eastward; host; indies; master; owner
Etymology
Notes
Described as the sun 日 rising behind a tree 木: east; this was probably originally a package (compare 束) tied at both ends (compare archaic form of 西 which was apparently a package tied only at one end)