Means East
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The ancient form of the character for East resembles the sun rising behind a tree.
 
Parts The ancient form was composed of the characters sun and tree. The simplified character is easier to write but looses its visual relationship to its meaning.
Memory hook The sun rises in the East. Resembles the sun rising behind a tree.
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