Si Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Fire (huǒ) Qiong Kangxi Stroke Count: 12 Page 674, Entry 15 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced zhong (falling tone). Jade Chapters (Yupian): Means to exhaust or to dry. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): To dry objects with fire. Also, Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced qiong (level tone); Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced qiong (level tone). Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Means to dry. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Means to expose to the sun, or embers. Sometimes written in a variant form (qiong).