Si Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Fire (huǒ). Character: lián. Kangxi stroke count: 14. Page 679, Entry 20. According to Broad Rhymes (Guangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), the pronunciation is lian (rising tone). According to Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), it refers to the breaking of the wooden rim of a carriage wheel due to heating and bending. The Rites of Zhou (Zhouli) states: When bending the felloe, the exterior must not break (lián). Note: In the current edition of the Rites of Zhou, in the Winter Officer section of the Record of Trades (Kaogongji), in the chapter on wheelwrights, the character for bending is written as rou, and the character for break is written as lian. The Jade Chapters (Yupian) defines it as to break. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun) defines it as to heat and bend the hub. Also, according to Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it refers to a fire that does not go out. Sometimes written in a variant form (táng). Also, according to the Tang Rhymes (Tangyun) and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun), the pronunciation is lian (level tone), and according to Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhyme Assembly (Yunhui), the pronunciation is lian (level tone). The meaning is the same. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) notes it is sometimes written in a variant form (táng). Also, according to Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), the pronunciation is qian (level tone). It refers to a dry felloe.