煽

shān
#3,080 most
frequent character
to fan into a flame, to incite

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

煽 has 火 (fire) as its meaning part and 扇 shàn as a sound part. It first meant 'flaming, ablaze.' That grew to 'to fan a fire' and then 'to incite.' It is also read shàn.

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Homophones

山shān
mountain
扇shān
to fan, to slap sb on the face

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