彤

彤 (Kangxi radical 59, 彡+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 月卜竹竹竹 (BYHHH), four-corner 7242₂, composition ⿰丹彡)

• 浵 烿

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 363, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9972
• Dae Jaweon: page 682, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 853, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5F64

彤

1. (literary) red; vermilion

   • 靜女其孌，貽我彤管。彤管有煒，說懌女美。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     静女其娈，贻我彤管。彤管有炜，说怿女美。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Jìngnǚ qí luán, yí wǒ tóngguǎn. Tóngguǎn yǒu wěi, shuō yì nǚ měi. [Pinyin]

     How handsome is the retiring girl! She presented to me a red tube. Bright is the red tube—I delight in the beauty of the girl.

   • 太保太史太宗皆麻冕彤裳。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Book of Documents, circa 7^th – 4^th centuries BCE

     Tàibǎo tàishǐ tàizōng jiē má miǎn tóng cháng. [Pinyin]

     The grand guardian, the grand scribe and the grand master of rites all had hempen state caps and red skirts.

2. a surname

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. red
2. vermilion

• On (unclassified): とう (tō); ず (zu)
• Kun: あかい (akai)

彤 • (dong) (hangeul 동, revised dong, McCune–Reischauer tong, Yale tong)

1. red, vermilion
2. name of an ancient state

彤: Hán Nôm readings: đồng

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