东北

Character by character

• 东dōng5 strokesHSK 1 traditional 東east, eastern, eastward
• 北běi5 strokesHSK 1north; northern; northward

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 东北. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 东西dōng xiHSK 1

  thing; stuff; person

• 东dōngHSK 1

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

• 北běiHSK 1

  north; (classical) to be defeated

• 北京běi jīngHSK 1

  Beijing, capital of the People's Republic of China

• 北方běi fāngHSK 2

  north; the northern part a country; China north of the Yellow River

• 东部dōng bùHSK 3

  the east; eastern part

• 股东gǔ dōngHSK 6

  shareholder; stockholder

• 东方dōng fāngHSK 2

  east

• 北部běi bùHSK 3

  northern part

• 西北xī běiHSK 2

  northwest

• 房东fáng dōngHSK 3

  landlord

• 东南dōng nánHSK 2

  southeast

• 南北nán běiHSK 5

  north and south; north to south

• 北极běi jíHSK 5

  the North Pole; the Arctic Pole; the north magnetic pole

• 东边dōng bianHSK 1

  east; east side; eastern part; to the east of

• 北边běi biānHSK 1

  north; north side; northern part; to the north of

• 东张西望dōng zhāng xī wàngHSK 7

  to look in all directions (idiom); to glance around

• 东道主dōng dào zhǔHSK 7

  host; official host (e.g. venue for games or a conference)

• 做东zuò dōng

  to act as host

• 东奔西走dōng bēn xī zǒuHSK 7

  to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily; to bustle about; to hopscotch; also 东跑西颠