Si Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Fire (huǒ). Character: Pounded or boiled to excess. Kangxi stroke count: 16. Page 683, Entry 19. Pronounced mei (rising tone). According to the Amplified Dictionary of Sounds and Meanings (Guangyun) and the Collected Rimes (Jiyun), it carries the same sound as the character for muddy water. According to the Jade Chapters (Yupian), the reduplicated form describes something cooked until soft or mushy. The Collected Rimes states that to cook food until very soft is called this. Also pronounced hui (rising tone). Also pronounced hui. The meaning is the same.