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.

     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.

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

2. a surname

(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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