驚

驚 — wonder, be surprised, frightened

JLPT: JLPT N1
Strokes: 22
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #1141 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: きょう kyou
Kun'yomi: おどろ.く odoro.ku

おどろ.かす odoro.kasu

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 驚

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