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怂 sǒng to arouse

to arouse; to incite; to instigate

How to remember 怂: 从 from + 心 heart = to arouse. Shouts from the crowd reach the shy boy's heart and are enough to arouse his courage to sing.

  • HSK 7
  • 8 strokes
  • Radical 心

Component breakdown

怂 = 从 from + 心 heart

  • 从 from
    • 人 person
    • 人 person
  • 心 heart
The Gushi story

Shouts from the crowd reach the shy boy's heart and are enough to arouse his courage to sing.

How it is used

  • Bound; chiefly in 怂恿 (sǒngyǒng) - to egg on / incite someone to do something (usually unwise): 受人怂恿 (shòu rén sǒngyǒng) to be egged on by others.
  • Internet slang has revived 怂 (sóng) meaning cowardly/wimpy - 别怂 (bié sóng) don't chicken out - though that use derives from a different character.

Words with 怂