Xu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Metal (jīn) Character: Shan Kangxi stroke count: 11 Page 1296, Entry 01 Pronounced shan Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), and Dictionary of Rhymes (Yunhui): pronounced shan. Comprehensive Collection of Characters (Yupian): A large sickle. Dictionary of Rhymes (Yunhui): A type of shovel. Master Who Embraces Simplicity (Baopuzi), Chapter on Retired Scholars: Pushing the yellow battle-axe to suit the grip of the large sickle. Han Yu, Epitaph for Grand Master Li: Ploughs, large sickles, hoes, and spades. Commentary: Shan is a large shovel. Shu is a large hoe. Also, according to Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced xian. Name of a blade. Also, according to Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Dictionary of Rhymes (Yunhui): Pronounced xian. Used in personal names. During the Jin dynasty, there was the leader of the Shalou state named Shan Jia. Also a surname. Book of Jin (Jinshu), Biography of the Eastern Barbarians: Shan Jia. Also, during the Ming dynasty, there was a man from Yutian named Shan Zi.