“东”是“東”的简化字。“木”中有“日”,意为太阳从树林中升起。古人就把太阳出来的方向叫“东”。“西”篆书写作“”,是“栖”的古字。《说文》:“西,鸟在巢上,象形。日在西方而鸟栖,故因以为东西之西。”古人把太阳没落的方向叫“西”,与“东”相对。这样“东”、“西”作为方位名词被固定下来。正如《史记·历书》上所说“日归于西,起明于东”。 “East” is the simplified word for “East.” There is “day” in “wood”, which means that the sun rises from the forest. The ancients called the direction of the sun “East.” “West” script writing “” is the ancient word “habit”. “Saying the text”: “In the west, the bird is in the nest, like a pictogram. The day is in the west and the birds are inhabited, so they think that the west is the west.” The ancients called the direction of the sun’s decline “West” and “East”. In this way, “East” and “West” are fixed as position nouns. As mentioned in the “Historical Records Almanac”, “Everyday turns to West, and begins to clear East.”