# 驚 — Surprised

Frequency rank 740 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 娘 (Daughter), less common than 堂 (Hall).

- On’yomi: きょう
- Kun’yomi: おどろ
- Radical: 馬 Horse (Kangxi 187)
- Frequency path: Level VI of XX

Flowers on top are slashed by a sword while a horse below rears up -- a horse rearing at flowers slashed by a sword is genuinely surprised.

In words:

- 驚く おどろく — to be surprised
- 驚き おどろき — surprise;astonishment;wonder
- 驚かす おどろかす — to surprise,to frighten,to create a stir

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