Chinese Character 驚 Meanings and components.

Form

驚

Meaning

驚 meaning[3] in English

To Startle.

To Be Frightened.

To Be Scared.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 驚 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to respect (敬) , and surname Ma (馬)

Its radical[1] is: 馬 (ma3) which means: Surname Ma, Abbr. For Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 Lai2 Xi1 Ya4], .馬ma3surname Ma

In cangjie it is written with TKSQF

How to write 驚

To write驚jing1to startle you should write a combination of 敬jing4to respect , 馬ma3surname Ma arranged in a 吕 shape:

敬 + 馬 = 驚

驚 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 驚 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 驚, looks as follow:

驚
Pinyin:jing1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Startle . To Be Frightened . To Be Scared . Alarm
敬
Pinyin:jing4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Respect . To Venerate . To Salute . To Offer
苟
Pinyin:gou3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Gou
艹
Pinyin:cao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Grass Radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[Cao3 Zi4 Tou2 R5]
句
Pinyin:ju4 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 勾[Gou1]
勹
Pinyin:bao1
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 包[Bao1]
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
攵
Pinyin:pu1
馬
Pinyin:ma3
Meaning[3]: Surname Ma . Abbr. For Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 Lai2 Xi1 Ya4]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

  • Wiktionary Page for 驚in English or Chinese