Si Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Fire (huǒ) 炒 Kangxi Stroke Count: 8 Page 667, Entry 17 Expanded Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced chǎo. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui), and Orthodox Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced chǎo. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): To roast or stir-fry. Explanation of Writing (Shuowen): Originally written as a different form. Xu Xuan stated: Common usage today writes it as this character. It is also written as a variant, which is incorrect. Jade Chapters (Yupian): Originally written as a different form. Expanded Rhymes (Guangyun): Originally written as another variant. Please refer to the detailed entry for the variant character in the secondary index. The original form of the character was derived from the character for box (hán).