Yin Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Mountain (shān) Yin (yín) Kangxi strokes: 11 Page 314, Entry 28 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced yin. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui), Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced yin. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), it refers to the peak of a mountain. Everything that is high and perilous on earth is called yin. In a poem by Du Fu (Shang hou yuan shan jiao shi): Pulling vines to climb the steep and perilous heights. Also, in the Rhapsody on Contemplating the Mystery (Sixuan fu) by Zhang Heng: Longing to pass through the steep and jagged slopes. Also written in a variant form (e). In the Rhapsody on the Capital of Wu (Wudu fu) by Zuo Si: Rising precipitously between several states, pouring into the middle of the world. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Also written as the variant form (qin).