Yin Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Mountain (shān) Jiao (falling tone) Kangxi stroke count: 15 Page 320, Entry 02 Tang Rhyme (Tangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Dictionary of Rhymes (Yunhui), Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced jiao (falling tone). Erya, Explanations of Mountains (Erya, Shishan): A mountain that is sharp and high is called jiao. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Also means a precipitous rock rising above water. Also a mountain name. Liezi, Questions of Tang (Liezi, Tangwen pian): East of the Bohai Sea, there are five mountains, the second of which is named Yuanjiao. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): A mountain path. Yan Yanzhi, Poem Written While Attending an Excursion to the Rear Lake at Qu'e (Yan Yanzhi, Shiyou Qu'e houhu shi): The mountain god clears the mountain path. Also, Extensive Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced jiao (level tone); Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Classified Anthology (Leipian), Dictionary of Rhymes (Yunhui): Pronounced jiao (level tone); Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced qiao (level tone). Xu Xuan states: In ancient times, it was used interchangeably with qiao. Book of Odes, Odes of Zhou (Shijing, Zhousong): Reaching the high mountains of the river. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Sometimes written in a variant form. Textual research: Erya, Explanations of Mountains states: A mountain that is sharp and high is called jiao. Per the original text, the word is omitted. Also, a precipitous rock rising above water is called jiao. According to the Erya, this text does not exist; corrected according to the original text of the Jiyun to read: Collected Rhymes states it is a precipitous rock rising above water.