恿 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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yǒng

instigate

Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 甬 represents the sound. Simplified form of 惥.

Components

心 Meaning component

xīn

heart

甬 Sound component

yǒng, tǒng

path

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

yǒng

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

yǒng

old variant of 恿[yǒng]

Most common words with 恿

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	怂恿	to instigate
	恿	to urge

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3913th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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