漢字道KANJIDOβ

驚 — 22 strokes / Radical「馬」

道
4Junior high level / 22 strokes / Radical「馬」
On
キョウきょう · kyō
Kun
おどろ.く・おどろ.かすodoro.ku · odoro.kasu
Meaning
be surprised; be astonished

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

馬 "horse" with 敬: a horse startled into rearing — to be surprised.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onキョウきょうkyō驚異きょうい驚嘆きょうたん
Kunおどろくodoroku驚くおどろく驚きおどろき
Kunおどろかすodorokasu驚かすおどろかす

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 驚異きょうい

    wonder; marvel

  • 驚嘆きょうたん

    admiration; wonder

More words with this kanji

  • 吃驚びっくり
  • 驚愕きょうがく
  • 驚駭きょうがい

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

その速(はや)さに驚(おどろ)いた。

I was surprised at how fast it was.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

驚嘆驚異驚嘆sigh異differ…駆run騒make…馬horse馮to rel…馭to dri…凶bad lu…叫shout狂crazy況condit…狭narrow
CompoundRadicalReading

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)