Kanzen
驚 — Stroke order

JLPT N1 kanji · 22 strokes · #1141 by frequency

驚 — Be surprised, wonder

Meaning
Be surprised, wonder, frightened
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
キョウ
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
おどろ.くおどろ.かす
Radical
馬

Stroke order

22 strokes. The stroke to draw is in red; the previous ones are already in place.

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Components

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Memory hook and vocabulary

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Sources: meanings and readings based on KANJIDIC2 and JMdict (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0) · KanjiVG strokes © Ulrich Apel (CC BY-SA 3.0) · reading selection, French translations and memory hooks: Kanzen.