Xu Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Mound (fù) Kangxi stroke count: 17 Page number: 1356, entry 06 From Jiyun (Ji Collection of Rhymes): Pronounced as yàn. From Yupian (Jade Chapters): Used to store water. From Jiyun (Ji Collection of Rhymes): Originally written as the character yàn (堰), also written as a variant form pronounced yàn. It means to obstruct water flow. Also, from Jiyun (Ji Collection of Rhymes): Pronounced as yǎn. Mountain slope. Also, a personal name. From the Book of Han (Qian Han Shu), "Treatise on Literature": "Liu Yǎn, Marquis of Yangqiu, composed nineteen rhapsodies." Shigu's Commentary (Shigu Zhu) notes: "This character is pronounced yǎn."