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TOPIK 2noun

동쪽

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동쪽이 · 동쪽을

east, the east side

Example

해는 매일 아침 동쪽에서 떠요.

The sun rises in the east every morning.

Word parts

동 east

동 'east' plus native 쪽 'side'.

Good to know

Koreans list compass points as 동서남북, "east-west-south-north," not north-south-east-west.