Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Character: 洞 Kangxi Stroke Count: 10 Page 620, Entry 18 Pronounced dong. Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Script and Analysis of Characters): Rapid flowing water. Ban Gu, Western Capital Rhapsody (Xidu Fu): To breach the Wei and gush through the river. Also, deep; clear and thorough. Yan Yanzhi poem: Knowledge is profound and discernment is also clear. Also, to penetrate or pass through. Sima Xiangru, Rhapsody on the Great Man (Daren Fu): Passing through the crevices and rocky cavities of Ghost Valley. Also, to pierce. It also carries the meaning of being completely penetrated. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Su Qin: The distant ones were pierced through the arm and chest. Also, dongdong, the appearance of being simple and sincere. Book of Rites (Liji), Meaning of Sacrifices (Jiyi): Sincere and devoted, as if unable to bear it. Also, dongyi, a state of mind that is unsettled. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Su Qin: Empty boasts and unsettled suspicions. Also, a deep cavern is called a dong. Also, Book of the Later Han (Houhan Shu), Biography of Liang Ji: Connected rooms and passageways. Commentary: Dong means to pass through. It refers to rooms that are interconnected. Also, Dongting, the name of a lake. Also, the name of a mountain, located in Changsha. Pronounced dong. Meaning is the same. Pronounced tong. Hongdong, name of a county. Also, jiangdong, the appearance of water without bounds. Also, hongdong, the appearance of things being connected. Huainanzi, Teachings on Astronomy (Tianwen Xun): Heaven and Earth are vast and interconnected. Also written as hongdong. Mei Cheng, Seven Stimuli (Qi Fa): Vast and boundless, the azure heaven. Also, rhyming as tang. Daoist Canon Songs (Daozang Ge): Opening the path for the flying primordial truth, condensing and merging into the empty void. The imperial truth begins to manifest its essence, titled the Primordial Yang.