Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Fire (huǒ) Character: xiè Kangxi Strokes: 7 Page 666, Entry 14 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): Pronounced xiè (rising tone). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhymes and Meeting of Sounds (Yunhui): Pronounced xiè (rising tone). Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): Candle end. Poetry of Li Shangyin: How can I endure the scent of the burned-down candle and the lamplight? Also, in Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced duò. Originally written as tuǒ. The remains of a candle. In Five Tones Collected Rhymes (Wuyin Jiyun): Written as duò.