Si Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Fire (huǒ) 炊 Kangxi strokes: 8 Page 667, Entry 07 Pronounced chui. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): To cook. Formed from the radical for fire, with the phonetic component of the character for blow (chui) in an abbreviated form. Yang Xiong's Regional Speech (Fangyan): The state of Qi refers to cooking as chui. Gongyang Commentary (Gongyang Zhuan), 15th year of Duke Xuan: Exchanging children to eat them, breaking apart the bones to use as fuel. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Treatise on the Feng and Shan Sacrifices: Belonging to the category of the primeval cook. Commentary: The Correct Meaning (Zhengyi) states that the primeval cook is the ancient goddess of culinary arts. Book of Han (Qian Hanshu), Treatise on Suburban Sacrifices: Written as the clan members cooking. Also, Chuibi, a place name. Zuo Commentary (Zuo Zhuan), 26th year of Duke Zhao: The army engaged in battle with the army of the state of Qi at Chuibi. Also, the same as the character for blow (chui). Xunzi, Chapter on Confucius: It can be frozen stiff with a single blow. Commentary: Equivalent to the character for blow (chui). See the detailed note under the character for blow in the Mouth radical. Pronounced chui (falling tone). Chuilei: Refers to floating and rising like dust. Zhuangzi, Chapter on Embodiment and Sageliness (Zaiyou): To be at ease and non-active so that all things naturally float and rise like dust. Commentary: The character chui is read with a falling tone. Sometimes written as the character for blow (chui).