Yin Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Mountain (shān) Han Kangxi stroke count: 11 Page 314, Entry 30 According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and the Dictionary of Rhymes (Yunhui), the pronunciation is xian. A mountain name. Also written as Yao Ling. Originally written as han. As recorded in the Essay on the Faults of Qin (Guoqinlun) by Jia Yi: The Duke Xiao of Qin relied upon the natural defenses of the Xiao and Han passes. The commentary notes: Xiao refers to the Xiao Mountains, and Han refers to the Hangu Pass. Hangu is also the name of a pass; during the Han Dynasty, it was located in Hongnong. It is commonly written with the mountain radical as han.