Wei Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Meat (ròu) An Kangxi Stroke Count: 15 Page 988, Entry 16 Guangyun (Guangyun) and Jiyun (Jiyun) state the pronunciation is an. Guangyun states: to boil fish or meat. Jiyun states: to cook. Essential Techniques for the Peasantry (Qimin Yaoshu) mentions a method for boiling chicken. Also, according to Jiyun, the pronunciation is an (third tone). Annan means to season and cook. Jiyun notes that it is sometimes written in a variant form.