Si Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Fire (huǒ) 熬 Kangxi stroke count: 15 Page 680, Entry 41 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): Pronounced ao (rising tone). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui), and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced ao. Shuowen Jiezi: Originally written as the variant form. To dry-fry. Yangzi's Regional Expressions (Fangyan): Whenever grains are dried by fire, from the mountains eastward, and throughout the Qi and Chu states, it is called ao. Book of Rites (Liji), Inner Chapters (Neize): When minced meat is placed on cooked dry rice and drizzled with animal fat, it is called chun ao. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Office of Earth (Diguan), Servants (Sheren): Providing rice and grain that has been dry-fried. History of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Biography of Bian Rang: If there is little liquid, then it is dry-fried and cannot be cooked thoroughly. Also interchangeable with ao (meaning to wail or grieve). History of the Former Han (Qian Hanshu), Biography of Chen Tang: The masses were wailing and suffering from it. Commentary: The sound of sorrow. Shuowen Jiezi: Sometimes written as the variant form. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Sometimes written as the variant form.