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驚

Level VI of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 740 / 2,608

Surprised

On’yomi
きょう
Kun’yomi
おどろ
Radical
馬 Horse (Kangxi 187)

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

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

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 surprisedN4
驚き おどろき surprise;astonishment;wonderN1
驚かす おどろかす to surprise,to frighten,to create a stirN2

驚 is rank 740 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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