# 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!!"