sǒng
urge on
Phonosemantic compound. 耳 represents the meaning and 从 represents the sound. Simplified form of 聳.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 耸
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to excite | ||
to shrug one's shoulders | ||
erect | ||
to sensationalize (idiom); deliberate exaggeration to scare people | ||
to stand tall |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 1.6819% of movies
3093rd most common character in movies
2163rd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 10 |
Traditional | |
Unicode | U+8038 |
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