Yin Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Mountain (shān) Liao Kangxi strokes: 14 Page 318, Entry 03 Pronounced liao The appearance of a mountain high and towering. Also refers to being vast and distant. Du Fu, Ode to the Morning Sacrifice at the Grand Temple (Chao xiang taimiao fu): The primordial armor stands tall like a mountain. Also written in the variant form liao. Or written in the variant forms liao and liao.