驚

See also: 惊

Translingual

simpl.		惊
trad.		驚

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 敬 + semantic 馬, as horses are skittish (easily startled).

Han character

驚 (radical 187 馬+13, 23 strokes, cangjie input 廿大尸手火 (TKSQF), four-corner 4832₇, composition ⿱敬馬)

1. frighten, surprise, startle

Descendants

• 惊

References

• KangXi: page 1446, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45013
• Dae Jaweon: page 1970, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4576, character 6
• Unihan data for U+9A5A

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Cantonese

Hanzi

驚 (simplified 惊, Jyutping geng1, ging1, Yale geng1, ging1)

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Japanese

Kanji

驚

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Derived terms

• 驚く (おどろく, odoroku)

Readings

• On: きょう (kyō), けい (kei)
• Kun: おどろく (odoroku), おどろかす (odorokasu)

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Korean

Hanja

驚 (hangeul 경 (gyeong), revised gyeong, McCune-Reischauer kyŏng, Yale kyeng)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

驚 (simplified 惊, Pinyin jīng (jing1), Wade-Giles ching¹)

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Middle Chinese

Han character

驚 (*giæng)

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Min Nan

Hanzi

驚 (POJ keng (keng¹), kiaⁿ (kiaⁿ¹), keⁿ (keⁿ¹), TLPA king (king¹), kiann (kiann¹), kenn (kenn¹))

References

• Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Vietnamese

Han character

驚 (kinh)