耸立

sǒng lì · HSK 7

to stand tall

🗼 耸立 = 耸 tower up + 立 stand = stands tall, towering aloft

立 — person standing on ground (大 over 一)
Pictograph of a person standing with arms outstretched on the ground line below. The original oracle bone form clearly shows a frontal human figure planted on the earth. The core meaning 'to stand' extended to 'establish, set up, erect.'

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