Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1141 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 22

Meaning: wonder, be surprised, frightened, amazed

Kunyomi: おどろ.く おどろ.かす

Onyomi: キョウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: うま

Meaning: horse

Strokes: 10

Examples

Examples with audio

嘆する(きょうたんする)   marvel [v.t.]

喜する(きょうきする)   exult

異(きょうい)   wonder [n.]

く(おどろく)   be surprised [v.i.]

かす(おどろかす)   surprise [v.t.]

Onyomi Examples

キョウイ wonder, miracle, amazement, prodigy

キョウガク astonishment, amazement, surprise, fright, shock

イッキョウ surprise, amazement

キッキョウ surprise

Kunyomi Examples

おどろく to be surprised, to be astonished

くほど おどろくほど to a surprising degree, to a remarkable extent, surprisingly, astonishingly, amazingly, alarmingly

かす おどろかす to surprise, to frighten, to create a stir