Si Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Fire (huǒ). Character: yan. Kangxi strokes: 11. Page 671, Entry 30. Gathering of Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced shan. Meaning: light. Gathering of Rhymes (Jiyun) and Categorized Lexicon (Leipian): Pronounced lian. Meaning: same as above. Also pronounced yan, meaning the brilliant flame of light. Wang Yanshou, Rhapsody on the Lingguang Hall of Lu (Lu Lingguang Dian Fu): The cinnabar pillars glittered and flashed with electric light. Annotation: Yan describes the appearance of light rising brilliantly. Pronounced zhan. Textual Research: In Wang Yanshou, Rhapsody on the Lingguang Hall of Lu (Lu Lingguang Dian Fu), cinnabar cassia was changed to cinnabar pillars according to the original text.