Si Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Fire (huǒ) 烙 Kangxi strokes: 10 Page 670, Entry 18 Pronounced luò. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen) states: To cauterize. Guangyun states: To burn. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals of Yin: There was the method of burning and roasting (paoluo). Zhuangzi, Horse Hooves chapter: To burn and to sear. Also, Zengyun states: A fire needle is called luò. Also pronounced gé. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals of Yin, Commentary: The Suoyin states: For luò, one pronunciation is gé. Note: Zihui and Zhengzitong both say: Also pronounced gé. This is likely an error stemming from the fact that the character for gé has a pronunciation of gé.