Si Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Fire (huǒ) Kangxi Strokes: 17 Page 685, Entry 08 According to the Broad Rhymes (Guangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is pronounced lian. According to the Jade Chapters (Yupian), it refers to a fire that does not cease. Also, according to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is pronounced lian. The meaning is the same. According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), the original form is written as lian.