慫 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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sǒng

instigate

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

Components

心 Meaning component

xīn

heart

從 Sound component

cóng

from

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

sǒng

to alarm; to instigate, arouse, incite; terrified

Most common words with 慫

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	怂恿	to instigate
	怂	terrified

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3702nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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