Si Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Fire (huǒ) Entry: fou Kangxi Dictionary Strokes: 11 Page 671, Entry 12 Pronounced fou. Er Ya (Erya), Interpretation of Teachings (Shixun): Fou fou, means to steam. Commentary: The steam rising strongly. Sub-commentary: The Greater Odes (Daya) states: Steaming in billows. The sounds and meanings of fou and fou are the same. Also, in the Master Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals (Lüshi Chunqiu): A woman of the Youshen clan was gathering mulberry leaves and found an infant inside a hollow mulberry tree; she presented it to her ruler, and the ruler ordered a fou person to raise him. Commentary: Fou is the same as a cook. Also, in Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced biao. Means the heat of a fire.