东

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

东 character breakdown

东
- 七
  - 一
  - 乚
- 小
  - 亅
  - 八
    - 丿
    - ㇏

七

qi̅ = qi + Ø1

seven / 7

七 = 一 + 乚 : Mnemonic symbol: the Seven-Branched (七) Laser Sword. The Queen of Hearts (qi) is testing her new Seven-Branched Laser Sword (七) in front of the space station (Ø1). She's slicing flutes (一) and shovels (乚).

小

xiǎo = xi + ao3

small / tiny / few / young

小 = 八 + 亅 : Mnemonic symbol: a small daisy. 小 looks like the stem 亅 of the flower is pushing aside the earth 八 as it grows out of the seed in the ground.

Xi Shi (xi) is decorating her hair with lots of small (小) daisies (mnemonic symbol for 小) in the aorta's living room (ao3). She wants to have lots of daisies in the future as well, so she plants new daisies. She found that the perfect substrate for planting daisies is made by crushing eight-balls (八) with a crow bar (亅).

Characters with 东 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).

炼

鍊

liàn = li + an4

variant of 鏈|链[lian4], chain / variant of 煉|炼[lian4]

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.

拣

揀

jiǎn = ji + an3

to choose / to pick / to sort out / to pick up

拣 = 扌 + 一 + 东 : Someone opened a popup store in the anthill (an3), and it looks like a Pudong Oriental Pearl Tower (东). Joan of Arc (ji) enters the shop to buy a new flute (一), and she chooses (拣) the right flute for her with a toy claw (扌).

鸫

鶇

do̅ng = du + (e)ng1

thrush / Tardus fuscatus

岽

崬

do̅ng = du + (e)ng1

place name in Guangxi province

胨

腖

dòng = du + (e)ng4

see 蛋白腖|蛋白胨[dan4 bai2 dong4]