Yin Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Mountain (shān) Lü Kangxi strokes: 12 Page 316, Entry 04 According to the Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), the Rhyme Collection (Yunhui), and the Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun), the pronunciation is lü (falling tone). Lü-zu describes the appearance of a mountain that is high, towering, and precipitous. From Sima Xiangru's Rhapsody on the Master of Fantasy (Zixu Fu): Towering and precipitous. It is also commonly written in the variant form lü. From the Book of Odes (Shijing), Lesser Odes (Xiao Ya): The southern mountain is towering. The commentary states: This describes a high and massive appearance.