Yin Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Mountain (shān) Entry: 嶮 Kangxi Stroke Count: 16 Page 320, Entry 31 Broad Rimes (Guangyun) and Collected Rimes (Jiyun): Pronounced xian (rising tone). Shuowen Jiezi: Obstructed and difficult. Also refers to the appearance of being high and precipitous. Ji Kang, Rhapsody on the Zither (Qinfu): The vermilion cliffs are precipitous and jagged; the blue-green walls are ten thousand fathoms high. Guo Pu, Rhapsody on the Yangtze River (Jiangfu): Grandeur of the difficult terrain between heaven and earth. Also in Collected Rimes (Jiyun) and Classified Chapters (Leipian): Pronounced yan (third tone). Refers to the appearance of a mountain.