Yin Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Mountain (shān) Entry: Zàn Kangxi stroke count: 15 Page 319, Entry 44 Pronounced zhàn. As defined in the Analytical Dictionary of Characters (Shuowen): Specifically, it refers to something exceptionally tall and steep. As written in the work by Yuan Jie, Lament for the Ling Mountains (Min Ling Zhong Yuefu): The great abyss is deep and wide, and the steep mountain peaks are lofty and towering. According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is sometimes also written in a variant form (zhuàn).