驚

音読おんよみ: キョウ

訓読くんよみ: おどろ・おどろかす

画数かくすう: 22

部首ぶしゅ: うま(馬)

Meaning

Surprise / Astonish / Be Startled

Conjugation
Tap for 驚く (be surprised) Tap for 驚かす (surprise; startle)
  • おどろく — to be surprised / startled
  • おどろかす — to surprise / frighten
  • 驚異きょうい — wonder / marvel
  • 驚喜きょうき — joyful surprise
  • 驚愕きょうがく — astonishment / shock

combines the radical (horse) with the phonetic element . Picture a horse suddenly reacting — it startles. The phonetic lends the sound (キョウ) while the horse suggests a quick, jumpy movement: together they give the sense of “being startled” or “astonishing.”

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