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Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
How it used to be written
These are the forms of 驚, the traditional character: 惊 is a twentieth-century simplification, found in no ancient corpus.
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Clerical script 東漢 - See all 6 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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911事件让世人震惊，全球所有的政治家都一致谴责恐怖分子的这一应受人斥责的行径。
Shocked by the events of September 11th, politicians all over the world condemned the terrorists of their reprehensible deed.
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不要这么惊讶！
Don't act so surprised!
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他们惊得目瞪口呆。
They were left speechless.
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他写的文章只分析了问题的表面，所以他知道自己拿了全班最高分的时候，不禁感到十分惊讶。
His essay gave only a superficial analysis of the problem, so it was a real surprise to him when he got the highest grade in the class.
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他对日本的历史非常感兴趣。我们很惊讶他在这方面的丰富知识。
He is very much interested in Japanese history. We are surprised at his vast knowledge of the subject.
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他的突然出现，让我们都感到惊讶。
His sudden appearance surprised us all.
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他的记忆力使我惊讶。
His memory amazes me.
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他看见他很惊讶。
He was surprised to see him.