煽动
shān dòng · HSK 7
to incite
🔥 煽 = fire + fan; 动 = move — fanning the flames into motion is to incite
煽 carries the fire radical 火 beside 扇 fan: literally to fan a fire. Pair it with 动 move/stir, and 煽动 is fanning embers until a crowd moves — to incite or instigate.
动 — force 力 + heavy/重 (simplified from 動)
The traditional form 動 combines 重 (heavy) as the phonetic with 力 (force/strength) as the semantic, suggesting the effort needed to move something heavy. The simplified form 动 replaces 重 with 云, keeping 力 to convey action and motion.