sǒng

urge on

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
耳 meaning component

  Meaning component

ěr

  

ear

從 sound component

  Sound component

cóng

  

from

Evolution

聳 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
聳 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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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

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