Si Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Fire (huǒ) Character: Chan Kangxi Stroke Count: 16 Page 682, Entry 01 Pronounced chan (rising tone). Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): To cook. Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan), Year 20 of Duke Zhao: Cook it with firewood. Discourses of the States (Zhouyu): The fire has no blazing flame. Commentary: Chan describes the appearance of flames rising. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals of Qin Shi Huang: Majestic flames spreading to all sides. History of the Former Han Dynasty (Qianhanshu), Treatise on the Author's Preface: Spreading the brilliance of majesty and virtue. Commentary: Shigu says: Chan means blazing. Also: To burn. Also: The appearance of brightness. Also: Pronounced zhan (rising tone). Meaning is the same. Also: Pronounced dan (rising tone). Thick and warm. The Annals of Lu (Lüshi Chunqiu): Clothes are not warm. Also: Pronounced tan. Guangyun: The appearance of fire rising. He Yan, Rhapsody on the Jingfu Hall (Jingfu Dian Fu): In winter it is not bitingly cold, in summer there is no scorching heat, it is balanced and moderate, sufficient for long life.