東風

See also: 东风

Chinese

east
wind; news; style
wind; news; style; custom; manner
 
trad. (東風) 東 風
simp. (东风) 东 风

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 東 風
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial (聲) 端 (5) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 東 (1) 東 (2)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I III
Fanqie 德紅切 方戎切
Baxter tuwng pjuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /tuŋ/ /pɨuŋ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /tuŋ/ /piuŋ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /tuŋ/ /piuŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /təwŋ/ /puwŋ/
Li
Rong		 /tuŋ/ /piuŋ/
Wang
Li		 /tuŋ/ /pĭuŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren		 /tuŋ/ /pi̯uŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 dōng fēng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 dung1 fung1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 東 風
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 dōng fēng
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ tuwng › ‹ pjuwng ›
Old
Chinese		 /*tˁoŋ/ (< *tˁoŋʔ ?) /*prəm/
English east wind (n.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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 風
Reading # 1/1 1/2
No. 2435 2921
Phonetic
component		 東 凡
Rime
group		 東 侵
Rime
subdivision		 0 3
Corresponding
MC rime		 東 風
Old
Chinese		 /*toːŋ/ /*plum/
Notes 種（種籽）初文，甲金文象種皮甲坼萌生根芽，
參敕字陳字注
Category:Chinese lemmas#木04風00Category:Mandarin lemmas#木04風00Category:Cantonese lemmas#木04風00Category:Hakka lemmas#木04風00Category:Hokkien lemmas#木04風00Category:Teochew lemmas#木04風00Category:Wu lemmas#木04風00Category:Middle Chinese lemmas#木04風00Category:Old Chinese lemmas#木04風00Category:Chinese nouns#木04風00Category:Mandarin nouns#木04風00Category:Cantonese nouns#木04風00Category:Hakka nouns#木04風00Category:Hokkien nouns#木04風00Category:Teochew nouns#木04風00Category:Wu nouns#木04風00Category:Middle Chinese nouns#木04風00Category:Old Chinese nouns#木04風00Category:Chinese proper nouns#木04風00Category:Mandarin proper nouns#木04風00Category:Cantonese proper nouns#木04風00Category:Hakka proper nouns#木04風00Category:Hokkien proper nouns#木04風00Category:Teochew proper nouns#木04風00Category:Wu proper nouns#木04風00Category:Middle Chinese proper nouns#木04風00Category:Old Chinese proper nouns#木04風00Category:Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation#木04風00Category:Chinese terms spelled with 東#木04風00Category:Chinese terms spelled with 風#木04風00

Noun

東風Category:Chinese lemmas#木04風00Category:Chinese nouns#木04風00Category:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#木04風00Category:Pages with entries#東風Category:Pages with 3 entries#東風

  1. easterly (a persistent wind from the east)
  2. (literaryCategory:Chinese literary terms#木04風00, poeticCategory:Chinese poetic terms#木04風00) spring wind
  3. (figurative) favourable situation; momentum or driving force (e.g. of revolution)

Usage notes

This word is commonly used in naming things in Mainland China because of a quotation from Mao Zedong.

Synonyms

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “easterly wind”): 西風／西风 (xīfēng), (literary, figurative) 終風／终风 (zhōngfēng)
  • (antonym(s) of “spring wind”): 西風／西风 (xīfēng)
  • (antonym(s) of “favourable situation”): 西風／西风 (xīfēng)

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (東風):

Proper noun

東風Category:Chinese lemmas#木04風00Category:Chinese proper nouns#木04風00Category:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#木04風00Category:Pages with entries#東風Category:Pages with 3 entries#東風

  1. (～社區) Dongfeng (a residential community in Lucheng, Yidu, Yichang, Hubei, China)Category:zh:Villages in Yichang#木04風00Category:zh:Villages in Hubei, China#木04風00Category:zh:Places in Yichang#木04風00Category:zh:Places in Hubei, China#木04風00Category:zh:Places in China#木04風00
  2. (～村) Dongfeng (a village in Zhonglu, Lichuan, Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China)Category:zh:Villages in Hubei, China#木04風00Category:zh:Villages in China#木04風00Category:zh:Places in Hubei, China#木04風00Category:zh:Places in China#木04風00

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (東風):
Category:zh:Residential communities#木04風00

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
東 風
こち
Grade: 2 Grade: 2
jukujikun
Category:Japanese terms spelled with 東#こちCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#こちCategory:Japanese terms spelled with 風#こちCategory:Japanese terms read with jukujikun#こち
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*⟨ko1ti⟩ → */kʷoti/*⟨ko2ti⟩ → */kəti/ → /kot͡ɕi/

From Old JapaneseCategory:Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese#こちCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#こちCategory:Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese#こち.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Japanese entries#こち

The final chi is cognate with the -te in 疾風 (hayate, “gale”).

Pronunciation

Category:Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)#こちCategory:Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent#こち

Noun

東風(こち) • (kochiCategory:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#東風Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#東風) Category:Japanese lemmas#こちCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#こちCategory:Japanese nouns#こちCategory:Japanese terms with multiple readings#こちCategory:Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji#こちCategory:Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji#こちCategory:Japanese terms with 2 kanji#こちCategory:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#こちCategory:Pages with entries#東風Category:Pages with 3 entries#東風

  1. an easterly, wind blowing from the east
Derived terms

Proper noun

東風(こち) • (KochiCategory:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#東風Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#東風) Category:Japanese lemmas#こちCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#こちCategory:Japanese proper nouns#こちCategory:Japanese terms with multiple readings#こちCategory:Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji#こちCategory:Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji#こちCategory:Japanese terms with 2 kanji#こちCategory:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#こちCategory:Pages with entries#東風Category:Pages with 3 entries#東風

  1. a surnameCategory:Japanese surnames#こちCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#こち

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
東 風
Grade: 2 かぜ
Grade: 2
irregular kun'yomi
Category:Japanese terms spelled with 東#こちCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#こちCategory:Japanese terms spelled with 風 read as かぜ#こちCategory:Japanese terms read with irregular kanji readings#こち

Compound of 東風 (kochi, see above) +‎ 風 (kaze, “wind”)Category:Japanese compound terms#こち.

Noun

東風(こちかぜ) • (kochikazeCategory:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#東風Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#東風) Category:Japanese lemmas#こちかせ'Category:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#こちかせ'Category:Japanese nouns#こちかせ'Category:Japanese terms with multiple readings#こちかせ'Category:Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji#こちかせ'Category:Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji#こちかせ'Category:Japanese terms with 2 kanji#こちかせ'Category:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#こちかせ'Category:Pages with entries#東風Category:Pages with 3 entries#東風

  1. an easterly, wind blowing from the east

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
東 風
ひがし
Grade: 2		 かぜ
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Category:Japanese terms spelled with 東 read as ひがし#ひかしかせCategory:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#ひかしかせCategory:Japanese terms spelled with 風 read as かぜ#ひかしかせCategory:Japanese terms read with kun'yomi#ひかしかせ

Compound of 東 (higashi, “east”) +‎ 風 (kaze, “wind”)Category:Japanese compound terms#ひかしかせCategory:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#ひかしかせ.

Pronunciation

Category:Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō)#こちCategory:Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)#こちCategory:Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent#こち

Noun

東(ひがし)風(かぜ) • (higashikazeCategory:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#東風Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#東風) Category:Japanese lemmas#ひかしかせCategory:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#ひかしかせCategory:Japanese nouns#ひかしかせCategory:Japanese terms with multiple readings#ひかしかせCategory:Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji#ひかしかせCategory:Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji#ひかしかせCategory:Japanese terms with 2 kanji#ひかしかせCategory:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#ひかしかせCategory:Pages with entries#東風Category:Pages with 3 entries#東風

  1. an easterly, wind blowing from the east
    Antonym: 西風 (nishikaze)

Proper noun

東(ひがし)風(かぜ) • (HigashikazeCategory:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#東風Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#東風) Category:Japanese lemmas#ひかしかせCategory:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#ひかしかせCategory:Japanese proper nouns#ひかしかせCategory:Japanese terms with multiple readings#ひかしかせCategory:Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji#ひかしかせCategory:Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji#ひかしかせCategory:Japanese terms with 2 kanji#ひかしかせCategory:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#ひかしかせCategory:Pages with entries#東風Category:Pages with 3 entries#東風

  1. a surnameCategory:Japanese surnames#こち

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
東 風
ひがし
Grade: 2		 ふう
Grade: 2
jūbakoyomi
Category:Japanese terms spelled with 東 read as ひがし#ひかしふう'Category:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#ひかしふう'Category:Japanese terms spelled with 風 read as ふう#ひかしふう'Category:Japanese terms read with jūbakoyomi#ひかしふう'

From 東 (higashi, “east”) +‎ 風 (fū, “style”)Category:Japanese compound terms#こち.

Noun

東(ひがし)風(ふう) • (higashifūCategory:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#東風Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#東風) Category:Japanese lemmas#ひかしふう'Category:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#ひかしふう'Category:Japanese nouns#ひかしふう'Category:Japanese terms with multiple readings#ひかしふう'Category:Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji#ひかしふう'Category:Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji#ひかしふう'Category:Japanese terms with 2 kanji#ひかしふう'Category:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#ひかしふう'Category:Pages with entries#東風Category:Pages with 3 entries#東風

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.Category:Requests for definitions in Japanese entries#こち
    Antonym: 西風 (nishifū)

Etymology 5

Kanji in this term
東 風
あずま
Grade: 2		 かぜ
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Category:Japanese terms spelled with 東 read as あずま#あすまかせCategory:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#あすまかせCategory:Japanese terms spelled with 風 read as かぜ#あすまかせCategory:Japanese terms read with kun'yomi#あすまかせ

Compound of 東 (azuma, “east”, archaic) +‎ 風 (kaze, “wind”)Category:Japanese compound terms#こち.

Proper noun

東(あずま)風(かぜ) • (AzumakazeCategory:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#東風Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#東風) ←あづまかぜ (Adumakaze)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#東風?Category:Japanese lemmas#あすまかせCategory:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#あすまかせCategory:Japanese proper nouns#あすまかせCategory:Japanese terms historically spelled with づ#あすまかせCategory:Japanese terms with multiple readings#あすまかせCategory:Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji#あすまかせCategory:Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji#あすまかせCategory:Japanese terms with 2 kanji#あすまかせCategory:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#あすまかせCategory:Pages with entries#東風Category:Pages with 3 entries#東風

  1. a surnameCategory:Japanese surnames#こち

Etymology 6

Kanji in this term
東 風
とう
Grade: 2		 ふう
Grade: 2
kan'on goon
Category:Japanese terms spelled with 東 read as とう#とうふうCategory:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#とうふうCategory:Japanese terms spelled with 風 read as ふう#とうふうCategory:Japanese terms read with on'yomi#とうふう

From Middle ChineseCategory:Japanese terms borrowed from Middle Chinese#とうふうCategory:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#とうふうCategory:Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese#とうふう 東風 (MC tuwng pjuwng).

Pronunciation

Category:Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō)#こちCategory:Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent#こち

Noun

東(とう)風(ふう) • (tōfūCategory:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#東風Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#東風) Category:Japanese lemmas#とうふうCategory:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#とうふうCategory:Japanese nouns#とうふうCategory:Japanese terms with multiple readings#とうふうCategory:Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji#とうふうCategory:Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji#とうふうCategory:Japanese terms with 2 kanji#とうふうCategory:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#とうふうCategory:Pages with entries#東風Category:Pages with 3 entries#東風

  1. an easterly, wind blowing from the east
    Antonym: 西風 (seifū)
  2. spring winds
    Synonym: 春風 (harukaze)
Derived terms
Idioms

Proper noun

東(とう)風(ふう) • (TōfūCategory:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#東風Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#東風) Category:Japanese lemmas#とうふうCategory:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#とうふうCategory:Japanese proper nouns#とうふうCategory:Japanese terms with multiple readings#とうふうCategory:Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji#とうふうCategory:Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji#とうふうCategory:Japanese terms with 2 kanji#とうふうCategory:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#とうふうCategory:Pages with entries#東風Category:Pages with 3 entries#東風

  1. a placename, especially Dongfeng in China

See also

References

Category:ja:Wind#こちCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#こち Category:ja:China#とうふうCategory:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#とうふう Category:Japanese words with multiple readings#こち

Old Japanese

Etymology 1

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Extension of verb 零ゆ (ayu, “scatter and fall”)?”
Category:Requests for etymologies in Old Japanese entries#こち

Noun

東風 (ayu) (kana あゆ)Category:Old Japanese lemmas#あゆCategory:Old Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#あゆCategory:Old Japanese nouns#あゆCategory:Old Japanese entries with incorrect language header#あゆCategory:Pages with entries#東風Category:Pages with 3 entries#東風

  1. an easterly (wind blowing from the east)
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Cognate with pronoun こち (ko2ti, “this way”)?”
Category:Requests for etymologies in Old Japanese entries#こち

The final ti is likely cognate with classical Japanese 疾風 (hayachi), modern 疾風 (hayate, “gale”).

Noun

東風 (*KOTI) (kana こち)Category:Old Japanese lemmas#こちCategory:Old Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#こちCategory:Old Japanese nouns#こちCategory:Old Japanese entries with incorrect language header#こちCategory:Pages with entries#東風Category:Pages with 3 entries#東風

  1. an easterly (wind blowing from the east)
Derived terms
Descendants
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