Hai Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Horse (mǎ) Entry: Cong Kangxi stroke count: 21 Page 1444, Entry 06 Pronounced cong Shuowen Jiezi (Explaining and Analyzing Characters): A horse with mixed blue-white hair. Liushugu (Fundamentals of the Six Writings): A blue-colored horse. Also known as ren-tie (a type of iron-colored horse). Biography of Huan Dian in the History of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu): He frequently rode a dappled horse, and the capital had a saying about him: Proceed, proceed, and then stop; make way for the Censor on the dappled horse. Originally written as a variant form.