Chen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Sun (rì) 晅 Kangxi Strokes: 10 Page 494, Entry 26 Rhyme Collection (Jiyun) and Collection of Rhymes (Yunhui): Pronounced xuan (level tone). The air of the sun. Citing the Book of Changes (Yijing): The sun dries it. Explanation of Text (Shiwen): Xuan means to dry. The original text is also written as a variant form (xuan). Note that in the current version of the Book of Changes (Yijing), Appendix on the Judgments (Xici), it is written as xuan. The Collected Commentaries of Master Zhu (Zhuzi Benyi) states: xuan is the same as xuan. Rhyme Collection (Jiyun): Sometimes also written in a variant form. Also, according to the Rhyme Collection (Jiyun): Pronounced xuan (rising tone). The meaning is the same.