동쪽
dongjjok · TOPIK 1
east
🧭 동쪽 = 東 (dong, east) + 쪽 (jjok, side/direction): the east side
동 comes from hanja 東, the same character as the dong in Chinese dōng and the tō in Tōkyō (east capital). 쪽 is a native Korean word for side or direction, reused in 서쪽 (west), 남쪽 (south), 북쪽 (north).