Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Silk (mì) Character: tong Kangxi stroke count: 12 Page 923, Entry 07 Pronounced tong. A type of cloth. Also pronounced dong. From the Biography of Yang Xiong in the Book of Han (Hanshu): Hong tong jie lie. Annotation: Hong tong refers to the appearance of running straight forward. Li Shan's commentary in the Selections of Refined Literature (Wenxuan): Hong tong refers to things being connected to one another. Also pronounced tong. Describes an appearance of being relaxed and straightforward.