驚 (jīng)
surprised/shocked/to startle
How 驚 is written
- Strokes
- 23
- Radical
- 艹 — grass
- Traditional
- 驚
- Simplified
- 惊
Common words using 驚
- 驚喜 jīngxǐ
- to be pleasantly surprised
- 驚心 jīngxīn
- stunning
- 驚醒 jīngxǐng
- to rouse; to be woken by sth; to wake with a start
- 驚魂 jīnghún
- in a panicked state; frightened
- 一鳴驚人 yīmíngjīngrén
- to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
- 受寵若驚 shòuchǒngruòjīng
- overwhelmed by favor from superior (humble expr.)
- 吃驚 chījīng
- to be startled; to be shocked; to be amazed
- 大驚 dàjīng
- with great alarm
- 震驚 zhènjīng
- to shock; to astonish
- 驚人 jīngrén
- astonishing
- 驚呆 jīngdāi
- stupefied; stunned
- 驚呼 jīnghū
- to cry out in alarm
驚 in a sentence
他為我準備了一個驚喜。
Tā wèi wǒ zhǔnbèi le yī gè jīngxǐ.
“He prepared a surprise for me.”
How common is 驚?
驚 is the 658th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 81.6% of all running text.
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