Yin Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Mountain (shān) Kangxi stroke count: 14 Page 318, Entry 09 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) state it is pronounced die (rising tone). Die-nie describes the appearance of a mountain rising high and steep. Zhang Heng in Western Capital Rhapsody (Xijing fu) writes: It rises straight and tall. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) notes it is sometimes written as a variant form (die). Additionally, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) states it is pronounced di (falling tone). Tiao-die describes the shape of a mountain. Wang Yanshou in Rhapsody on the Lingguang Hall of Lu (Lu lingguangdian fu) writes: Floating pillars rise steeply as if suspended by the stars.