to excite / to raise up / to shrug / high / lofty / towering

= + : Susan Saint Bernard (su) set up a towering (耸) web inside of the engine ((e)ng3). When she catches her first prey she is very excited (耸), but then she finds out it is only a rubber chicken (从) and shrugs her shoulders (耸). Because she has no ears (耳) she cannot hear the rubber chicken (从) scream in despair.

耸 character breakdown

variant of 從|从[cong2]
surname Cong
from / through / via / to follow / to obey / to engage in (an activity) / never (in negative sentence) / (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer / assistant / auxiliary / subordinate / related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor

= : Mnemonic symbol: 从 looks like the legs of a rubber chicken. Two Neanderthal Men (人) are playing a game with Kitty Cat (cu) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). They stand in a line and let Kitty Cat pass through (从) the tunnel formed by their legs by teasing her with a rubber chicken (从).
ear / handle (archaeology) / and that is all (Classical Chinese)

It ist what it looks like: an ear.
person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

= 丿 + : Mnemonic symbol: Neanderthal Man (人). Robinson Crusoe (r-) is looking for snacks in the encampment's kitchen (-en2) when he suddenly spots Neanderthal Man (人). Neanderthal Man offers him a banana (丿), but Robinson Crusoe doesn't trust the present and pokes it with a finger (㇏).

Characters with 耸 as component

耸 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 耸

to shrug one's shoulders
to sensationalize (idiom); deliberate exaggeration to scare people
erect / towering / to stand tall
frightening words to scare people (idiom); alarmist talk / reds under the beds
to stand tall / to tower aloft
tall and erect, reaching through the clouds (idiom); used to describe tall mountain or skyscraper
to shake (a part of one's body) / to shrug (shoulders) / to create a sensation / to incite

Sentences with 耸

耸 currently does not appear in any sentence.