漢字Kanji · in Animals & Wildlife
驚: wonder, be surprised
Also: frightened, amazed
JLPT N122 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
馬 carries the meaning · 敬 gives the sound
22 strokes
Three readings, and the words that use each
キョウkyou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 驚嘆するきょうたんするmarvel [v.t.]
- 驚喜するきょうきするexult
- 驚異きょういwonder [n.]
おどろくodoroku · kun'yomi · on its own
- 驚くおどろくbe surprised [v.i.]
- 驚きおどろきsurprise; astonishment; wonder
- 驚くほどおどろくほどto a surprising degree
おどろかすodorokasu · kun'yomi
- 驚かすおどろかすsurprise [v.t.]
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0 · JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Gallop ahead! Imagine a spirited stallion charging across a field, its mane flying in the wind.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSimplified 惊 · traditional, as in Japanese · jīng
Japan keeps the traditional form 驚; mainland China simplifies it to 惊.
- Simplified
- 惊 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 驚 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jīng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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