The word "煽情" is formed by combining the character "煽", meaning to incite or fan flames, which itself consists of the fire radical (火) and the phonetic-component "扇" indicating fanning, with the character "情", meaning emotion or feeling, composed of the heart radical (忄) and the component "青". Together, they create a compound where "煽" acts on "情" to convey the literal sense of stirring up emotions.