Yin Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Mountain (shān) Ling (Mountain pass/ridge) Kangxi stroke count: 17 Page 309, Entry 01 Ancient form: Lin Tang Dynasty Dictionary (Tangyun): Pronounced ling (falling tone) Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced ling (falling tone) Dictionary of Rhymes (Yunhui): Pronounced ling (rising tone) Sound is ling (rising tone) Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): A mountain road. Extended Dictionary of Rhymes (Guangyun): A mountain slope. Compendium of Correct Characters (Zhengzitong): The shoulder or neck of a mountain, where a road can pass. Pei Qian, Records of Guangzhou (Guangzhouji): The five ridges of Dayu, Shi'an, Linhe, Guiyang, and Jieyang. Deng Deming, Records of Nankang (Nankangji): The nine ridges of Dayu, Guiyang, Qitian, Jiuzhen, Dupang, Linhe, Mengzhu, Shi'an, and Yuecheng. Shen Yue, Poetry: Placed the ridge among white clouds. Also used interchangeably with ling (neck/collar). History of the Former Han (Qianhan), Biography of Yan Zhu: Carrying the carriage to cross the ridge. Also rhymes with ling (level tone). Wang Bao, Nine Laments (Jiuai): Driving the dark dragons, I march north, heading towards my path, the Onion Mountains (Congling). Connecting the five lunar mansions, I raise the yak-tail banner, scattering the misty vapors to serve as a standard.