TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
東
ㄉㄨㄥ · dōng
noun — east; the host, the owner
字源 FORM — what the parts do
東形rendered bare — no claimed origin
The sunrise side. The old graph carries two tellings: the sun (日) climbing up through a tree's branches (木) — dawn in the east; or a sack tied off at both ends, its name borrowed for the direction. The host's seat faces east, so the owner is 東: 房東、股東.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
天剛亮，太陽（日）卡在樹（木）枝中間，一格一格往上爬。
First light — the sun (日) caught in the branches of the tree (木), climbing rung by rung.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)東方、東邊— east常用
→東西— things — the everyday compound常用
→房東、股東— the host, the owner — the east seat
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension