耸 — Chinese character
耸
sǒng
to excite, to urge; to raise; to shrug; lofty, towering
- Pinyin
- sǒng
- Radical
- 128 ⽿ (Ear)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 从 耳
- Formation
- pictophonetic — ear; meaning component 耳; sound component 从
- Traditional
- 聳
Common words with 耸
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 耸动 (聳動) | sǒng dòng | to shake (a part of one's body); to shrug (shoulders) |
| 高耸 (高聳) | gāo sǒng | erect; towering |
| 危言耸听 (危言聳聽) | wēi yán sǒng tīng | frightening words to scare people (idiom); alarmist talk; reds under the beds |
| 耸人听闻 (聳人聽聞) | sǒng rén tīng wén | to sensationalize (idiom); deliberate exaggeration to scare people |
| 耸立 (聳立) | sǒng lì | to stand tall; to tower aloft |
| 耸肩 (聳肩) | sǒng jiān | to shrug one's shoulders |
| 高耸入云 (高聳入雲) | gāo sǒng rù yún | tall and erect, reaching through the clouds (idiom); used to describe tall mountain or skyscraper |
| 危辞耸听 (危辭聳聽) | wēi cí sǒng tīng | to startle sb with scary tale |
English words written with 耸
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.