Yin Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Mountain (shān) Entry: Yin Kangxi Dictionary Strokes: 17 Page 321, Entry 33 Pronounced yin (rising tone). Yinlin refers to the appearance of a mountain that is high and precipitous. For details, see the entry for the character lin. According to the Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), sometimes written with the character for hidden (yin) as a component. Also written as the variant form.