Si Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Fire (huǒ) Character: Xūn Kangxi Dictionary Strokes: 11 Page 672, Entry 14 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collection Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui), and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun) state the pronunciation is xūn. Jade Chapters (Yupian) defines this as fire rising upward. Collection Rhymes (Jiyun) defines this as the odor of fragrance or stench. Book of Rites (Liji), Sacrificial Meanings (Jiyi): The fragrance and the bitterness cause a feeling of awe. Commentary: Xūn refers to the odor of fragrance or stench. Also in Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Wang Wenshu: Playing with the text and skillfully maligning the cunning among the lower households to smoke out the great magnates. Commentary: Xūn here has the meaning of to smoke or roast. Jade Chapters (Yupian) notes it is also written in a variant form (xūn).