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恿

yǒng

Character

What 恿 means

1. used in {怂恿|sǒng yǒng}

Other readings

恿 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• yǒngold variant of {恿|yǒng}
• yǒngold variant of {恿|yǒng}

Example sentences

• 广告怂恿我们买奢侈品。
  Guǎnggào sǒngyǒng wǒmen mǎi shēchǐpǐn.
  Advertisements urge us to buy luxuries.

Words containing 恿

• 怂恿sǒng yǒngto instigate; to incite; to urge; to encourage

Characters built on 甬

These share the phonetic component 甬 (yǒng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 通tōngto go through; to know well; (suffix) expert
• 痛tòngache; pain; sorrow
• 勇yǒngbrave
• 桶tǒngbucket; (trash) can; barrel (of oil etc)
• 涌yǒngto well up; to gush forth; to surge
• 诵sòngto read aloud; to recite
• 捅tǒngto poke; to jab; to give (sb) a nudge; to prod; to disclose; to reveal
• 踊yǒngleap

Characters that look like 恿

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 基jī(bound form) base; foundation; (bound form) radical (chemistry)…
• 晨chénmorning; dawn; daybreak
• 悬xuánto hang or suspend; to worry; public announcement
• 唇chúnlip
• 恙yàngsickness
• 孱cànused in 孱头

Sounds the same

Read yǒng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 泳swimming; to swim
• 永forever; always; perpetual
• 勇brave
• 涌to well up; to gush forth; to surge
• 踊leap
• 咏to sing
• 蛹chrysalis; pupa
• 俑wooden figures buried with the dead
• 甬path screened by walls on both sides
• 禜sacrifice
• 埇raised path
• 栐(archaic) a kind of tree whose timber was used to make ceremonial tablets 笏