Si Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Fire (huo) Character: Hao Kangxi Stroke Count: 18 Page 685, Entry 27 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced kao (falling tone). Jade Chapters (Yupian): Means dry. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): To dry by fire. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Sometimes written in a variant form (he).