哄抬 hōngtái bid up Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 哄 hōng, hǒng coax Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 共 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鬨. Components 口 口 Meaning component kǒu, kou mouth 共 共 Sound component gòng together with Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangɡloːŋs Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang 抬 tái lift Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 台 represents the sound. Components 扌 扌 Meaning component shou, shǒu hand 扌 is a component form of 手. 台 台 Sound component tái platform Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangl'ɯː Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang