Read Edit View history Discussion 童 tóng HSK4 child Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts a tool (辛) piercing through a person's eye (目). This was usually given as punishment to criminals. 東 was added later to represent the sound. Based on the original meaning "male criminal". The meaning later shifted to "boy servant" (now written as 僮) and "child". 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 Depicts a tool for torture. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 童 Simp strokes 童 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 童 Simp strokes 童 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Modern form looks like 里. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 童 Simp strokes 童 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 童 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 453, 849 ], [ 527, 815 ], [ 558, 779 ] ], [ [ 340, 691 ], [ 375, 682 ], [ 424, 684 ], [ 637, 721 ], [ 707, 723 ] ], [ [ 373, 621 ], [ 405, 590 ], [ 425, 558 ] ], [ [ 588, 681 ], [ 612, 651 ], [ 564, 562 ], [ 543, 541 ] ], [ [ 106, 469 ], [ 144, 460 ], [ 175, 462 ], [ 400, 501 ], [ 828, 551 ], [ 863, 550 ], [ 923, 533 ] ], [ [ 286, 418 ], [ 317, 393 ], [ 364, 194 ] ], [ [ 354, 388 ], [ 360, 401 ], [ 385, 409 ], [ 476, 424 ], [ 639, 448 ], [ 697, 440 ], [ 725, 406 ], [ 685, 295 ], [ 661, 248 ], [ 661, 220 ] ], [ [ 408, 315 ], [ 556, 344 ], [ 599, 339 ] ], [ [ 385, 213 ], [ 392, 222 ], [ 609, 252 ], [ 626, 262 ] ], [ [ 474, 401 ], [ 501, 385 ], [ 505, 367 ], [ 497, 42 ], [ 482, 26 ] ], [ [ 358, 116 ], [ 380, 109 ], [ 433, 110 ], [ 605, 141 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557 366 530 359 L 480 344 Q 440 334 407 324 Z", "M 524 223 Q 576 230 624 234 C 654 237 658 252 632 266 Q 617 281 526 256 L 480 249 Q 426 242 377 234 C 347 229 348 205 378 206 Q 384 206 393 207 Q 438 214 480 218 L 524 223 Z", "M 517 21 Q 518 64 520 103 L 521 146 Q 522 186 524 223 L 526 256 Q 526 289 528 318 L 530 359 Q 530 366 531 371 Q 538 389 510 414 C 489 435 453 433 465 406 Q 480 376 480 344 L 480 310 Q 480 288 480 249 L 480 218 Q 479 184 478 136 L 477 95 Q 476 61 476 17 C 476 -13 516 -9 517 21 Z", "M 520 103 Q 655 124 662 130 Q 669 137 666 145 Q 660 157 634 164 Q 613 170 521 146 L 478 136 Q 426 129 366 125 Q 332 121 355 105 Q 391 81 446 91 Q 461 95 477 95 L 520 103 Z", "M 476 17 Q 355 10 218 -2 Q 196 -3 211 -21 Q 226 -37 244 -43 Q 265 -50 282 -46 Q 493 2 831 -21 Q 852 -22 857 -13 Q 864 -1 847 14 Q 792 57 756 50 Q 666 37 517 21 L 476 17 Z" ] } 12 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation 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