Si Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Fire (huo) Character: di Kangxi stroke count: 11 Page 673, Entry 05 Pronounced di. Wood used to scorch tortoise shells. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Tortoise Divination: Holding the tortoise and circling it with eggs, the diviner prays: Today is auspicious; I respectfully use sacrificial eggs and scorched yellow wood to dispel the evil spirits of the jade essence. Commentary: The Suoyin commentary states that the scorched wood is used for the tortoise. It follows the sequence of the character for order, implying that thorn branches are burned and applied in turn to scorch it, hence the name. Pronounced ti. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Tortoise Divination Commentary: The Suoyin commentary states that one pronunciation is ti, referring to scorching it gradually, as if by steps of a ladder. Pronounced ti. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Tortoise Divination Commentary: The Zhengyi commentary states that the character is pronounced ti, meaning scorched.