唆

suō

(bound form) to incite; to instigate

mouth (口) + phonetic (夋) = goading someone with your words

The mouth radical anchors the meaning: incitement happens through speech, whispering, or goading words. 夋 contributes the sound suō and does not add semantic content.

口+夋→唆
口MouthSemantic
夋A phonetic component suggesting the reading suōPhonetic

是谁在背后唆使他做这件事？

shì shéi zài bèi hòu suō shǐ tā zuò zhè jiàn shì？

Who was instigating him from behind the scenes to do this?

他受人教唆，才走上了犯罪的路。

tā shòu rén jiāo suō，cái zǒu shàng le fàn zuì de lù。

He was incited by others and ended up taking the path of crime.

Words with 唆

啰唆

luō suo

long-winded; wordy

挑唆

tiǎo suō

to incite

搬唆

bān suō

to stir up trouble

教唆

jiào suō

to instigate

罗唆

luō suo

erroneous variant of 囉唆|啰唆[luo1 suo5]

调唆

tiáo suō

to provoke

More characters with 口

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