Chinese symbol for “southeast”
东南
dōng nán
Traditional: 東南
southeast
The closest CC-CEDICT match for southeast is 东南 (dōng nán), defined as: southeast.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 东南.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 东西 (東西) | dōng xī | east and west |
| 东北 (東北) | dōng běi | northeast |
| 东方 (東方) | dōng fāng | east |
| 东部 (東部) | dōng bù | the east; eastern part |
| 股东 (股東) | gǔ dōng | shareholder; stockholder |
| 南部 | nán bù | southern part |
| 南方 | nán fāng | south; southern direction; (in China) southern regions, often referring to areas south of the Yangtze River |
| 西南 | xī nán | southwest |
See also: Japanese symbol for “southeast”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.