Wei Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Meat (ròu) Entry: 胹 Kangxi Stroke Count: 12 Page 981, Entry 07 Pronounced er. Shuowen Jiezi (Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters): To be cooked until soft. Yupian (Jade Chapters): To cook until done. Fangyan (Regional Speech): Rushi (胹) means cooked. Zuo Zhuan (Chronicle of Zuo): The chef cooked bear paws, but they were not fully done. Commentary: To overcook is called rushi (胹); from the pass westward, in the regions of Qin and Jin, it is called rushi (胹). Also, in Lei Bian (Categorized Chapters), it is sometimes written as the variant form nao (臑). Chu Ci (Songs of Chu): Cooking turtle and roasting lamb, with sugarcane juice to drink. Note: Rushi (胹) is also written as nao (臑). In Jiyun (Collected Rhymes), it is also written as the variant forms ruan (腝).