Si Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Fire (huǒ) Character: 熮 Kangxi Strokes: 15 Page 681, Entry 02 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced liu (rising tone). Explaining Graphs (Shuowen): The appearance of flames. Jade Compendium (Yupian): Means to burn, and to rot. Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): Pronounced liao (level tone); Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhyme Collection (Yunhui): Pronounced liao (level tone); Corrected Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced liao (level tone). The meaning is the same. Explaining Graphs (Shuowen): The Book of Zhou (Yi Zhoushu) states: The flavor is pungent but not liao. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced liu (level tone). Also pronounced liao (falling tone). The meaning is the same.