懂中文 Dong Chinese

聳

sǒng

urge on

Phonosemantic compound. 耳 represents the meaning and 從 represents the sound.

Components
耳 meaning component

耳  Meaning component

ěr

  

ear

從 sound component

從  Sound component

cóng

  

from

Evolution

聳 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
聳 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

耸 (聳) 

sǒng

urge on; rise up; stir, excite; to raise up; lofty; to excite; to shrug; high; towering

Most common words with 聳
Freq.
Word
Meaning

耸

to excite

耸肩

to shrug one's shoulders

高耸

erect

耸人听闻

to sensationalize (idiom); deliberate exaggeration to scare people

耸立

to stand tall