yǒng

instigate

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
心 meaning component

  Meaning component

xīn

  

heart

甬 sound component

  Sound component

yǒngtǒng

  

path

Evolution

恿 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
恿 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

yǒng

instigate, incite; to alarm; to urge; to incite

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yǒng

old variant of [yǒng]

Most common words with 恿
Freq.
Word
Meaning

怂恿

to instigate

to urge