0 동해는 우리 집에서 어느 쪽?Which way is the East Sea?
'We're going to the East Sea (동해). If it's the east sea, which way is that from home?' 'Where the sun rises.' 'So the West Sea is where it sets?'
Hanja Family · 한자 가족
동해 바다는 우리 집에서 어느 쪽이에요? — 동녘 동(東), 서녘 서(西)
Which way is the East Sea from our house? — 東 east, 西 west
동해(東海)·서해(西海)·동양(東洋)·서양(西洋)·남극(南極)·북극(北極)·동서남북(東西南北). 📖 東 — 木 사이의 日, 西 — 새 둥지 모양이라는 전통 풀이. 한자·독음은 표준국어대사전·우리말샘 원어 칸.
'We're going to the East Sea (동해). If it's the east sea, which way is that from home?' 'Where the sun rises.' 'So the West Sea is where it sets?'
東 — the sun rising through trees. 西 — a bird settling in its nest at sunset. 東海 east sea, 西海 west sea, 東洋 the East, 西洋 the West.
南極 the south end — penguins. 北極 the north end — polar bears. They never meet. 東西南北: all four; on a map, north is up and east is right.
'On the morning we go, look where the sun rises — that's east.' 'Front east, back west, right south, left north!'
'We're at the East Sea! It really is the sunrise side!'
동해는 해 뜨는 쪽 바다, 서해는 새 돌아오는 쪽 바다였어요.