Xu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Metal (jīn) Character: Shan Kangxi stroke count: 11 Page 1296, Entry 14 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), and Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui) define it as pronounced shan. Jade Chapters (Yupian): A large sickle. Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui): A type of spade or shovel. Inner Chapters of Master Who Embraces Simplicity (Baopuzi): Pushing the yellow axe to accommodate the holding of the sickle. Biography of Prefect Li (Li Daifu Muzhi) by Han Yu: Spades, shovels, and hoes. Commentary: Shan is a large shovel; zhu is a large hoe. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced xian. The name of a blade. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui): Pronounced xian. A personal name. In the Jin Dynasty, there was a leader of the Shalou Kingdom named Shan Jia. Also a surname. Book of Jin (Jinshu), Biography of the Eastern Barbarians: Shan Jia. Also, in the Ming Dynasty, there was a man from Yutian named Shan Zi.