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驚 astonish

敬 (respect) + 馬 (horse)
★★★★☆
22 strokes
SOLO
22 strokes, kids! Holy shit! Can you imagine how hard this would be if you had to learn this stroke-by-stroke? Jesus. And yet, since you've been following this guide, instead of 22 strokes, you see just 2 kanji - WHICH YOU ALREADY KNOW. How the hell did gaijin learn japanese before this?!?

Onyomi

KYOU

Mnemonic

I was astonished that that horse respected you TODAY (今日, pronounced KYOU).

On other days, he bucks and tramples and licks.

Kunyomi

( が ) おどろ＊く to be shocked, surprised (驚いた！＝I was suprised!)
★★★☆☆
( を ) おどろ＊かす to shock or astonish motherfuckers
★★★★☆

Jukugo

驚嘆(きょうたん)

amazemenｔ ★☆☆☆☆
驚 (astonish) + 嘆 (lament, sigh) = 驚嘆 (amazemenｔ)

amazement, slack-jawed wonder

Lookalikes

Meaning Hint Radical
警 the fuzz SAY 言
驚 astonish HORSE 馬

The police SAY things to astonish a HORSE.

Things like, "Dick Cheney is on Youtube fucking Dee Snyder!"

And then the horse is like, "Deeeeeeeeeeeyammnn!!"