Yin Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Mountain (shān) Entry: Yan Kangxi stroke count: 12 Page 316, Entry 29 Guangyun: Pronounced yan Jiyun: Pronounced yan Zhengyun: Pronounced yan Yunhui: Pronounced yan Pronounced yan. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): A mountain cliff. Xu Xuan says: Composed of the character for three mountains (pin), representing the shape of rocky cliffs connected together. Ji Kang, Rhapsody on the Zither (Qinfu): Winding and hidden in deep places, lofty and steep are the cliffs. Guo Pu, Rhapsody on the Yangtze River (Jiangfu): The jagged ridges form the rocky precipices. Also a name of a city. Spring and Autumn Annals (Chunqiu), 13th year of Duke Ai: Zheng commander Han Da led the army to capture the Song forces at Yan. Also commonly written as Yan (cliff). Book of Documents (Shujing), Charge to Yue (Shuoming): Yue built a dwelling in the wilderness of Fu Yan. Book of Jin (Jinshu), Biography of Gu Kaizhi: A thousand cliffs vying in beauty. Note: Same as Yan, and commonly written as Yan (variant) in popular usage. Also Jiyun: Pronounced ji. Name of a place. Zhengzitong: Yan is different from the character in the mouth radical section. For details, see the entry under the mouth radical.