Yin Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Mountain (shān) Entry: 嶼 Kangxi Dictionary stroke count: 17 Page 321, Entry 01 Pronounced xu (rising tone). Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Simple and Compound Characters): An island. Guangyun (Broad Rhymes): An island in the sea. Liushu Gu (Origins of the Six Scripts): A small hill on flat ground. When surrounded by water, it is called an island (dao); when on land, it is called an islet (yu). Xie Lingyun, Poem on Climbing the Solitary Islet in the River: The solitary islet charms the middle of the river. Guo Pu, Rhapsody on the River: Stone sails drape over the islet. Jiyun (Collection of Rhymes): Sometimes written in a variant form.