Chen Collection, Upper Volume
Radical: Sun (rì)
Kangxi Strokes: 15
Page 499, Entry 31
Tang Rhyme (Tangyun) states: pronounced han (falling tone).
Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui), and Orthodox Rhymes (Zhengyun) state: pronounced han (falling tone).
Explanation of Graphs (Shuowen) states: it means to dry. The Book of Changes (Yijing) states: Of all things that dry the myriad things, none does so like fire. Note: In the Commentary on the Appended Phrases (Xi Ci) of the Book of Changes, it is now written as the variant form (han).
Broad Refinements (Boya) states: it means to expose to the sun.
Jade Chapters (Yupian) states: it means heat or steam.
Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Wang states: It is parched and dry.
Commentary states: it describes the appearance of being withered.
Explanation of Texts (Shiwen) states: it refers to the drying of something that was soaked in water.
Zhu Xi's Commentary states: it is the same as the variant form (han).
Additionally, Broad Rhymes (Guangyun) states: pronounced han (falling tone). The meaning is the same.