Si Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Fire (huǒ) Chen Kangxi stroke count: 13 Page 675, Entry 21 Pronounced chen According to the Shuo wen jie zi (Shuowen), a type of cooking stove. As stated in the Book of Odes (Shijing): Gathering those mulberry branches for firewood, I roast them over the stove. Mao Commentary states: It is a cooking stove. Guo Pu says: Today it is known as a three-cornered stove.