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TSUMUGU · B1 · 字
慫 character · B1
慫 ＝ 心 ＋ 從
ㄙㄨㄥˇ · sǒng
verb — to egg on, incite, urge someone to act

字源 FORM — what the parts do

心義the heart
從聲cóng — gives the soundtwo people, one following the other
IFTcóng → sǒng — worn far from its donor
A heart (心) under 從 cóng, the sound — to work on someone's heart from the side until they move: 慫恿. 從 shows two people, one trailing the other; here it lends a sound that has drifted hard to sǒng. The donor builds 縱、蹤、叢.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一個人在你耳邊（心）一直推，一直勸——慫恿你去。
Someone keeps pushing at your heart (心), keeps urging — egging you on.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)慫恿— to egg on, incite常用
→慫人作惡— to urge someone into action
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
從cóngthe bare phonetic — 慫 sets 心 beneath for the heart that's worked on縱＝ 糸 ＋ 從zòngthe 從 series — 縱 takes 糸, 慫 takes 心
演 · Evolution
聲音磨得很遠：從讀 cóng，慫卻是 sǒng——聲母、韻母、聲調都動了。
The sound drifted hard: 從 reads cóng, yet 慫 holds sǒng — initial, final and tone all moved.