怂 sǒng to arouse
to arouse; to incite; to instigate
怎么记住“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.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
怂 = 从 from + 心 heart
- 从 from sound
- 人 person
- 人 person
- 心 heart meaning
Shouts from the crowd reach the shy boy's heart and are enough to arouse his courage to sing.
How it came to be
The heart gives the meaning and the two people above it the sound; the full form writes that sound part with more strokes.
用法
- 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.