Yin Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Mountain (shān) Entry: Yao Kangxi Stroke Count: 15 Page 320, Entry 10 Pronounced yao. Shuowen Jiezi (Dictionary of Explaining and Analyzing Characters) states: jiaoyao describes the appearance of a mountain that is high and steep. Book of Han (Hanshu), Biography of Yang Xiong: The height of Mount Tai is jiaoyao. Commentary: This means high. Pronounced qiao yao. Also, in Jiyun (Compilation of Rhymes), it is written in a variant form (yao). He Yan, Jingfu Hall Rhapsody: Towering and high, standing like a mountain peak.