竦
sǒng

revere

竦 sǒng
horrified adjective
filled with fear, dread, or terror; to shudder

惨状传开，听闻者无不惊竦。

cǎn​zhuàng chuán​kāi, tīng​wén zhě wú bù jīng sǒng.

As the news of the tragedy spread, all who heard it were terrified.

raise up verb
to raise the shoulders, stand on tiptoe, or crane one's neck

他竦身一跃，试图看清远处的人影。

tā sǒng shēn yī yuè, shì​tú kàn​qīng yuǎn​chù de rén​yǐng.

He straightened up and leaped, trying to see the figure in the distance clearly.

respectful adjective
displaying an attitude of reverence, respect, or solemnity

他肃立竦听，表现出极大的敬意。

tā sù​lì sǒng tīng, biǎo​xiàn chū jí dà de jìng​yì.

He stood respectfully and listened with full attention, showing great respect.

Frequency
Character
Written text
4,627th most common 1.43 per million
Movie subtitles
5,808th most common 0.020 per million appears in 0% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
0.030 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
4.65 per million

Details
Strokes
12
Unicode
U+7AE6

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)