Historical Evolution
耸
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
耸
Regular
Modern
Chinese
耸 / 聳 [sǒng]
to excite; to raise up; to shrug; high; lofty; towering
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
聳 すすむ
Susumu given name
CHINESE WORDS (8)
耸肩 [sǒngjiān] #23,393
to shrug one's shoulders
高耸 [gāosǒng] #28,360
erect
耸人听闻 [sǒngréntīngwén] #24,445
to sensationalize (idiom); deliberate exaggeration to scare people
耸立 [sǒnglì] #33,443
to stand tall
危言耸听 [wēiyánsǒngtīng] #29,864
frightening words to scare people (idiom); alarmist talk
高耸入云 [gāosǒngrùyún] #46,750
tall and erect, reaching through the clouds (idiom); used to describe tall mountain or skyscraper
耸动 [sǒngdòng] #45,493
to shake (a part of one's body)
危辞耸听 [wēicísǒngtīng]
to startle sb with scary tale
JAPANESE WORDS (7)
そびえ立つ [そびえたつ] #16,291
to tower over the surroundings
そそり立つ [そそりたつ] #21,557
to rise (steeply)
⭐ 聳える [そびえる] #25,021
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.)
聳やかす [そびやかす] #113,968
to raise (usu. one's shoulders, with a jaunty, swaggering effect)
聳立 [しょうりつ] #136,223
being conspicuously tall
峙つ [そばだつ] #256,007
to tower
肩をそびやかす [かたをそびやかす]
to square one's shoulders (in order to intimidate)