See also: 东方

Chinese

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east
square; quadrilateral; place
square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just
 
trad. (東方)
simp. (东方)
 
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Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Initial () (5) (1)
Final () (1) (106)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter tuwng pjang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tuŋ/ /pʉɐŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/tuŋ/ /pʷiɐŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/tuŋ/ /piuɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/təwŋ/ /puaŋ/
Li
Rong
/tuŋ/ /piuaŋ/
Wang
Li
/tuŋ/ /pĭwaŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/tuŋ/ /piwaŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
dōng fāng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
dung1 fong1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
dōng fāng
Middle
Chinese
‹ tuwng › ‹ pjang ›
Old
Chinese
/*tˁoŋ/ (< *tˁoŋʔ ?) /*C-paŋ/
English east square

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
No. 2435 3023
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*toːŋ/ /*paŋ/
Notes

Noun

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東方

  1. east

Proper noun

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東方

  1. the East; the Orient
    崛起東方崛起东方  ―  juéqǐ dōngfāng  ―  the rising East
    教授東方美術史 [MSC, trad.]
    教授东方美术史 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā jiàoshòu dōngfāng měishùshǐ. [Pinyin]
    She teaches Eastern art history.
  2. a surname
    東方东方  ―  Dōngfāng Shuò  ―  Dongfang Shuo
  3. () Dongfang (a sub-prefectural city in Hainan, China)
  4. Short for 東方Project东方Project (“Touhou Project, a popular bullet hell video game series”).

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (東方):

Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
とう
Grade: 2
ほう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(とう)(ほう) (tōhōとうはう (toufau)?

  1. east, east area
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Proper noun

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(とう)(ほう) (Tōhō

  1. Short for 東方Project (Tōhō Purojekuto, Touhou Project, a popular bullet hell video game series).

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
ひがし
Grade: 2
かた
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Kanji in this term
ひがし
Grade: 2
かた > がた
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ひがし)(かた) (higashikata

  1. east (compass point, direction)
  2. the fighters on the east side in a match

References

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  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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東方 (dongbang) (hangeul 동방)

  1. hanja form? of 동방 (east", "eastward", "orient)

Derived terms

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