東

surname Dong

东 = 七 + 小 : Doggy Dog wants to build a model of the Pudong Oriental Pearl Tower in front of the engine. He has a model tower as guide, and a seven-branched laser sword as well as a daisy as building blocks.

东

東

do̅ng = du + (e)ng1

east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord

東 character breakdown

東
- 日
  - 一
  - 囗
- 木
  - 八
    - 丿
    - ㇏
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨

日

rì = r + Ø4

abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3], Japan

日

rì = r + Ø4

sun / day / date, day of the month

日 = 囗 + 一 : Robinson Crusoe (r) is hiding from the sun (日) in an enclosure (囗) full of flutes (一) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4).

木

mù = mu + Ø4

surname Mu

木

mù = mu + Ø4

tree / wood / coffin / wooden / simple / numb / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

木 = 八 + 十 : Mnemonic symbol: a Christmas tree. Malte Monkey is putting up a Christmas tree (木) in the bathroom of the space station (Ø4). He's using a cross (十) as a base to put the tree on, and decorates the tree with eight-balls (八).

木

mù = mu + Ø4

(bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive; numb; wooden

Characters with 東 as component

练

練

liàn = li + an4

to practice / to train / to drill / to perfect (one's skill) / exercise / (literary) white silk / to boil and scour raw silk

练 = 纟 + 一 + 东 : Li Qingzhao (li) and the silk worm (纟) are working out (练) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). They set up an Oriental Pearl Tower (东) to which they attached a huge flute (一) as horizontal beam, so that they can practice (练) pull-ups.

炼

煉

liàn = li + an4

to refine / to smelt

炼 = 火 + 一 + 东 : Li Qingzhao (li) is smelting (炼) the Pudong Oriental Pearl Tower (东) in the anthill's bathroom (an4) to make a pendant out of it. She put the tower on a big fire (火) and blows air into the fire using a flute (一).

冻

凍

dòng = du + (e)ng4

to freeze / to feel very cold / aspic or jelly

冻 = 东 + 冫 : Doggy Dog set up his booth at a very bad time: it's winter, and it's freezing cold. He built a small Oriental Pearl Tower in the engine's bathroom and tries to sell popsicles in aspic.

陈

陳

chén = ch + (e)n2

to lay out; to exhibit; to display / to narrate; to state; to explain; to tell / old; stale

陈 = 东 + 阝 : The pope (阝) is narrating (陈) the same old (陈) stories from the top of the Pudong Tower (东) to the masses in the encampment's kitchen. Charlie Chaplin (ch) is listening and can't help falling asleep.

陈

陳

chén = ch + (e)n2

surname Chen / Chen (c. 1045 - 479 BC), a Zhou dynasty state / Chen (557-589), one of the Southern Dynasties 南朝[Nan2 Chao2]

栋

棟

dòng = du + (e)ng4

classifier for houses or buildings / ridgepole (old)

栋 = 东 + 木 : Doggy Dog sets up his tent in the engine's bathroom. He already set up a Christmas tree and an Oriental Pearl Tower model as tent poles, and he is busy fixing the ridgepole atop of them.

鸫

鶇

do̅ng = du + (e)ng1

thrush / Tardus fuscatus

錬

liàn = li + an4

Japanese variant of 煉|炼[lian4]

崠

do̅ng = du + (e)ng1

name of a mountain

岽

崬