東方

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See also: 东方

Chinese

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

Rime
Character 東 方
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Initial (聲) 端 (5) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 東 (1) 陽 (106)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division (等) I III
Fanqie 德紅切 府良切
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
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 東 方
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. * 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 東 方
Reading # 1/1 1/2
No. 2435 3023
Phonetic
component 		東 方
Rime
group 		東 陽
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		東 方
Old
Chinese 		/*toːŋ/ /*paŋ/
Notes 種（種籽）初文，甲金文象種皮甲坼萌生根芽，
參敕字陳字注 		甲金文象槳即榜初文，
下初爲單筆，猶旂左初亦作單杆

Noun

東方

  1. east

Proper noun

東方

  1. the East; the Orient
    崛起東方／崛起东方  ―  juéqǐ dōngfāng  ―  the rising East
    她教授東方美術史。 [MSC, trad.]
    她教授东方美术史。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā jiàoshòu dōngfāng měishùshǐ.
    She teaches Eastern art history.
  2. a Chinese compound surname
    東方朔／东方朔  ―  Dōngfāng Shuò  ―  Dongfang Shuo
  3. (～市) 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

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (東方):

Japanese

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Noun

東(とう)方(ほう) • (tōhō) ←とうはう (toufau)?

  1. east, east area

Proper noun

東(とう)方(ほう) • (Tōhō) 

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

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

Noun

東(ひがし)方(かた) or 東(ひがし)方(がた) • (higashikata or higashigata) 

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

References

  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

Hanja in this term
東方

Noun

東方 • (dongbang) (hangeul 동방)

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

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