Chinese symbol for “incite”
煽动
shān dòng
Traditional: 煽動
to incite; to instigate
The closest CC-CEDICT match for incite is 煽动 (shān dòng), defined as: to incite; to instigate.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “incite”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 指使 | zhǐ shǐ | to incite; to prompt (sb to do sth) |
| 唆 | suō | (bound form) to incite; to instigate |
| 鼓动 (鼓動) | gǔ dòng | to urge (an activity that may be beneficial, harmful or neutral); to encourage; to agitate; to instigate; to incite; to beat; to flap (wings, a fan etc) |
| 挑唆 | tiǎo suō | to incite; to stir up |
| 调 (調) | tiáo | to harmonize; to reconcile |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 煽动.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 煽情 | shān qíng | to stir up emotion; to arouse sympathy |
| 煽风点火 (煽風點火) | shān fēng diǎn huǒ | (idiom) to fan the flames; to incite people |
| 煽动性 (煽動性) | shān dòng xìng | provocative |
| 煽阴风 (煽陰風) | shān yīn fēng | to raise an ill wind |
| 活动 (活動) | huó dòng | to exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc) |
| 运动 (運動) | yùn dòng | to move; to exercise |
| 行动 (行動) | xíng dòng | operation; action |
| 动物 (動物) | dòng wù | animal |
See also: Japanese symbol for “incite”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.