Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Fire (huo) Shuo (19 strokes) Page 686, Entry 25 According to the Tang Dynasty Rhymes (Tangyun), pronounced shuo. According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), the Rhyme Collection (Yunhui), and the Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun), pronounced shuo. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), to burn brightly means light. Also, in the Master Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals (Lüshi Chunqiu), referring to the people being dissolute and flickering, appearing different. Also used interchangeably with the character pronounced shuo. In the Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), section Winter Officials, Artificer's Record (Dongguan Kaogongji), it refers to melting metal to make blades. According to the Commentary (Shiwen), the pronunciation is shuo, and the meaning is intended to be the character pronounced shuo. According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is also written as the character pronounced shuo. Also, according to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced yao. Originally written as the character pronounced yue. See the note under the character yue for details. Also pronounced luo. Describes the appearance of tree branches and leaves falling off due to extreme heat. Often used interchangeably with the character pronounced yue. Also pronounced luo. The meaning is the same. Sometimes written as the character pronounced yue.