驚 – wonder, be surprised, frightened

22 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1141 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 驚 means wonder, be surprised, frightened, amazed. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is キョウ (kyou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is おどろ.く、おどろ.かす (odoroku, odorokasu). It is written with 22 strokes, under radical 馬 (no. 187).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	キョウ	kyou
Kun’yomi	おどろ.く	odoroku
Kun’yomi	おどろ.かす	odorokasu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 馬 (Kangxi radical 187). Components: 口・馬・勹・夂・艾・攵・杰・乞.

Words using 驚

驚くおどろくto be surprised驚きおどろきsurprise驚かすおどろかすto surprise驚異きょういwonder

Example sentences

知事は委員会の反応に驚いた。

The governor was surprised by the commission's response.

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町の人々は地震に大変驚いた。

The townsfolk were frightened by the earthquake.

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彼が失敗したのは少しも驚きではない。

It is no wonder that he failed.

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Kanji with the same radical

験馬駅駐駆騒騰駄騙馴

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