Si Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Fire (huǒ). Kangxi stroke count: 9. Page 668, Entry 11. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced zhao (falling tone). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced zhao (falling tone). Originally written as zhao. Discourses of the States (Jinyu): Illuminating to shine upon it. Xunzi, Chapter on the Efficacy of the Confucians (Ruxiaopian): Bright and clear is the wisdom used to understand it. Commentary: Bright and clear is the appearance of clear perception. Equivalent to zhao. Also, Erya, Explanation of Insects (Erya, Shichong): The firefly is called zhao. Commentary: It flies at night with fire under its abdomen. Sub-commentary: The firefly, another name for it is zhao. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced zhao (rising tone). Light. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced zhao (level tone). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Originally written as zhao. See the entry for the character zhao in the Sun (ri) radical section. Huainanzi, On the Truth of Original Nature (Chuzhenxun): This is to release its brilliance and guide its darkness. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Also a surname. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced zhuo. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Bright. Cites the Book of Odes (Shijing): It is also very bright. Commonly written as zhuo. Note: In the present Book of Odes (Shijing), Small Odes (Xiaoya) section, it is written as zhao. Also, Tang Rhymes Corrected (Tangyunzheng): Pronounced zhao (falling tone). See the entry for the character zhuo in the commentary.