Si Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Fire (huǒ) Han Kangxi strokes: 15 Page 681, Entry 03 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): Pronounced ran (rising tone). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui): Pronounced ran (rising tone). Explanation of Characters (Shuowen): The appearance of being dried out. Derived from fire, with a simplified phonetic component of Han. Jade Chapters (Yupian): The appearance of a flourishing fire. Guanzi (Guanzi): The people of Chu attacked Song and Zheng, burning and scorching the lands of Zheng. Wang Chong: Balanced Discourses (Lunheng): Lighting a torch to heat a pot of water. Also, Er-Ya: Explanation of Words (Er-Ya): The meaning of respect. Book of Odes (Shijing): I have been very respectful, and in rituals, there have been no faults. Also, Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui): Pronounced han (falling-rising tone). Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Originally written as the variant form Han. See the detailed annotation for the character Han previously. Also, Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui), Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): The meaning of dry. Also, the meaning of roasting or grilling. Also, Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui): Pronounced han (falling tone). Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): To dry over a fire. Book of Changes (Yijing): Regarding the hexagrams: of things that dry all things, none are more intense than fire. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Originally written as the variant form Han. Textual research: Guanzi, Bo Xing Chapter: The people of Chu attacked Song and Zheng, burning and scorching the lands of Zheng. Note: The character is found in this radical, eight strokes. Changed from the original character.