excite, provoke

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
氵 meaning component

  Meaning component

shuishuǐ

  

water

is a component form of .

敫 sound component

  Sound component

jiǎo

  

shining light

Evolution

激 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
激 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
激 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

arouse, excite, incite; quickly; to arouse; to incite; to excite; to stimulate; sharp; fierce; violent

Most common words with 激
Freq.
Word
Meaning

激动

to excite

刺激

to provoke

感激

to be grateful

激情

passion

激烈

intense