Si Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Fire (huo) Kangxi Strokes: 13 Page 676, Entry 04 Tang Rhyme (Tangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced lian (falling tone). Shuowen Jiezi: To smelt metal for the purpose of purification. Wang Chong, Balanced Discourses (Lunheng): Nuwa smelted five-colored stones to repair the azure sky. Jade Chapters (Yupian): Currently also written in a variant form (lian). Additionally, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced lan (falling tone). Originally written as (lan). Or written as (lan) or (lan). See the detailed annotation under the entry for (lan).