Read Edit View history Discussion 彤 tóng red Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts cinnabar (丹), representing the color red, being the most colorful and vibrant pattern (彡). Pinyin Separate values with commas tóng × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 彤 Simp strokes 彤 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Used here to depict the colorful and vibrant pattern of cinnabar. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 彤 Simp strokes 彤 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 彤 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 238, 750 ], [ 274, 723 ], [ 281, 709 ], [ 285, 658 ], [ 281, 454 ], [ 258, 315 ], [ 230, 239 ], [ 188, 167 ], [ 125, 94 ], [ 66, 48 ] ], [ [ 302, 746 ], [ 322, 736 ], [ 445, 766 ], [ 472, 749 ], [ 481, 736 ], [ 477, 243 ], [ 471, 155 ], [ 452, 122 ], [ 407, 138 ], [ 345, 173 ] ], [ [ 351, 637 ], [ 384, 599 ], [ 403, 564 ] ], [ [ 54, 415 ], [ 118, 404 ], [ 501, 473 ], [ 542, 478 ], [ 585, 470 ] ], [ [ 770, 811 ], [ 784, 795 ], [ 796, 760 ], [ 776, 729 ], [ 724, 662 ], [ 663, 598 ], [ 592, 545 ] ], [ [ 790, 577 ], [ 807, 552 ], [ 813, 529 ], [ 721, 421 ], [ 632, 344 ], [ 585, 316 ] ], [ [ 807, 357 ], [ 839, 309 ], [ 802, 244 ], [ 744, 169 ], [ 632, 55 ], [ 533, -15 ], [ 461, -54 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 293 746 Q 250 767 236 763 Q 217 759 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360 Q 818 370 805 369 Q 795 368 796 353 Z" ] } 7 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.