Chou Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Earth (tǔ) Entry: 墥 Kangxi Stroke Count: 15 Page 238, Entry 37 Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced dong (falling tone), sounds like dong. Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): The character refers to a mound or a small hill. Also pronounced tong (falling tone), with the same meaning. Also pronounced tuan (falling tone). Same as the term for a place trampled by birds and beasts. The variant form is written as tuan.