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東
東 (Simplified Chinese: ), meaning " east", may refer to: * Azuma (name), a Japanese surname and given name * Dōng, a Chinese surname * ''Dong'' (film), a 2006 Chinese documentary film See also * Higashi-ku (other), for various districts in Japan * Dong-gu (other), for various districts in South Korea * 東山 (other) ("East Mountain") * 東海 (other) ("East Sea") {{Chinese title disambiguation Kyōiku kanji ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azuma (name)
Azuma is both a Japanese surname and a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Fukashi Azuma ( 東 不可止, born 1966), Japanese producer and director for TV Tokyo *, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese mathematician *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese manga artist and father of lolicon manga *, Japanese cultural critic *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese swimmer * Ronald Azuma, American engineer *, Japanese military officer *, Japanese physician and bureaucrat who served as Governor of Tokyo *, Japanese soldier *, Japanese ice hockey player *, Japanese sprinter * Riki Azuma (リキアズマ), Japanese producer & rapper from Small Circle Of Friends Given name *, Japanese politician *, Japanese film director and screenwriter *, Japanese golfer Fictional characters * Kyo Azuma (東 京), a character in ''Inazuma Eleven'' * Azuma, a high-ranking courtesan in Chikamatsu Monzaemon's 1718 play The Love Suicides at Amijima * Jo Azuma (東 丈 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dōng
Dōng ( " East") is a Chinese surname. Its Vietnamese form is Đồng, Đông. It is listed 360th on the '' Hundred Family Surnames'' poem. An origin of Dong is the simplification of the surname Dongfang, which originates from Fu Xi. During the middle Zhou dynasty, Dongguan (東關) the Ji (姬) family reduce surname to Dong (東) in Jin (晉國). Donghu people (東胡) people get surname Dong (東) with tribe name. Notable people * Dong Feng (weightlifter) Dong Feng (, born 12 May 1980) is a Chinese weightlifter. He won the bronze medal at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships The 2006 World Weightlifting Championships were held at the Handball Pavilion and Weightlifting Pavilion Dr. José ... (东峰; born 1980), Chinese weightlifter * Dong Hang (东航; born 1993), Chinese footballer * Dong Mei (东梅; born 1967), Chinese architect See also * Dǒng or Tung, a surname * Dong {{surname Chinese-language surnames Individual Chinese surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
東山 (other)
東山, meaning "eastern mountain(s)", may refer to: Mandarin Chinese reading Dōngshān (also in simplified characters 东山): * Dongshan County, Zhangzhou, Fujian, People's Republic of China **Dongshan Island, location of the Chinese Civil War Battle of Dongshan Island * Dongshan District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China * Dongshan District, Hegang, Heilongjiang, People's Republic of China * Dongshan District, Jieyang, Guangdong, People's Republic of China * Dongshan District, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China * Dongshan District, Urumqi, Xinjiang, People's Republic of China * Shi Dongshan (1902–1955), Chinese film director Cantonese Chinese reading Dūngsāan: * Tung Shan (mountain), mountain in Hong Kong * Yi Tung Shan, mountain in Hong Kong * Sunset Peak (大東山), mountain in Hong Kong *Tung Shan Mansion, building in Ko Shan Terrace, Taikoo Shing, Hong Kong Korean reading Dongsan: *Pen name of South Korean politician Yun Chi-Young * Dongsan Statio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dong (film)
''Dong'' () is a 2006 documentary film by Chinese director, Jia Zhangke. The film follows the artist and actor Liu Xiaodong as he invites Jia to film him while he paints a group of labourers near the Three Gorges Dam (also the subject of Jia's film ''Still Life'') and later a group of women in Bangkok. The film was produced and distributed by Jia's own production company, Xstream Pictures, based out of Hong Kong and Beijing. ''Dong'' was screened at the 2006 63rd Venice International Film Festival as part of its "Horizons" Program, and as part of the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival's "Real-to-Reel" Program. It was filmed in HD digital video. Background Three Gorges Region The Three Gorges region along the Yangtze River in Fengjie is located in Chongqing, the South-East section of China, it is an old town with a history of more than 2000 years. The Three Gorges Dam being constructed in this region is known as the world’s largest hydropower project and a symbol of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Higashi-ku (other)
Higashi-ku (東区) is the name of several wards located in various cities in Japan. The name literally translated to "Eastern District", and hence it is a very common ward name. * Higashi-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefercture * Higashi-ku, Niigata, Niigata Prefecture * Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture * Higashi-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture * Higashi-ku, Sakai, Osaka Prefecture * Higashi-ku, Okayama, Okayama Prefecture * Higashi-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture * Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture * Higashi-ku, Kumamoto is one of the five wards of Kumamoto City, Japan. Meaning literally "east ward," it is bordered by the Kita-ku, Chūō-ku, Minami-ku and also by the towns of Kikuyō, Mashiki and Kashima. As of 2012, it has a population Population t ..., Kumamoto Prefecture * Higashi-ku of Osaka merged with Minami-ku and is now part of Chūō-ku {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
東海 (other)
東海 or 东海 means "East Sea" or "Eastern Sea" in Chinese characters. In Chinese, it may refer to: * East China Sea, a marginal sea east of China ** East Sea (Chinese literature), one of the Four Seas, a literary Names of China, name for the boundaries of China * Tunghai University, a university in Taiwan In Japanese, it may refer to: * Tōkai region, a subregion of Chūbu facing the Pacific Ocean * Tōkai, Ibaraki, a village in Ibaraki, Japan * Tōkai, Aichi, a city in Aichi, Japan * Tōkai University, a university in Tokyo, Japan * Tōkai Gakki, a Japanese guitar manufacturer * Tōkai (train), a train service In Korean hanja, it may refer to: * Sea of Japan, a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean, bordered by Japan, Korea and Russia * Donghae, Gangwon, a city in Gangwon, South Korea * Donghae (singer), a member of the Korean music group Super Junior See also * East Sea (other) * Donghae (other), Korean pronunciation * Tōkai (other), Jap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East
East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fact that east is the direction where the Sun rises: ''east'' comes from Middle English ''est'', from Old English ''ēast'', which itself comes from the Proto-Germanic *''aus-to-'' or *''austra-'' "east, toward the sunrise", from Proto-Indo-European *aus- "to shine," or "dawn", cognate with Old High German ''*ōstar'' "to the east", Latin ''aurora'' 'dawn', and Greek ''ēōs'' 'dawn, east'. Examples of the same formation in other languages include Latin oriens 'east, sunrise' from orior 'to rise, to originate', Greek ανατολή anatolé 'east' from ἀνατέλλω 'to rise' and Hebrew מִזְרָח mizraḥ 'east' from זָרַח zaraḥ 'to rise, to shine'. ''Ēostre'', a Germanic goddess of dawn, might have been a personification ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
