EntryCommonJLPT N4WaniKani 31
  1. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Intransitive verb

    to be surprised; to be taken aback; to be amazed; to be astonished; to be shocked

    知事は委員会の反応に驚いた。
    The governor was surprised by the commission's response.
  2. to be frightened; to be startled; to be alarmed

Also written 愕く【おどろく】駭く【おどろく】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

wonder, be surprised, frightened, amazed

Kun
おどろ.くおどろ.かす
On
キョウ
Strokes
22
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1141 of 2500
Radical
horse
WaniKani
Level 31

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Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
2-12-10SKIP code
10a12.4The Kanji Dictionary
4832.7Four corner code
1950deroo
9a5aUnicode hex code
1-22-35JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5229Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6774New Nelson (John Haig)
2894New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3597Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1848Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2513Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1987Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2141Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1107A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1061Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
45013PMorohashi
1172A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1778Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1910Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1914Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1944Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
477Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1914Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2006Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
jing1Pinyin reading
gyeongKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
31WaniKani level