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惊 means to be frightened, startled, or alarmed. Its traditional form, 馬 on the bottom, originally depicted a horse bolting in panic. The upper component 敬 served as the phonetic element. Over time, the meaning expanded from livestock to human emotions of surprise and alarm. The simplified form 惊 restructures it with the heart radical 忄 on the left, linking it to psychological states, and the phonetic component 京 on the right.
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他非常惊讶。
这真是个惊喜！
别惊动其他人。
消息令人震惊。
他突然惊叫起来。
听到这个消息，她惊得说不出话。
他的表情十分惊愕。
尽管他试图保持冷静，但那个令人惊骇的景象还是让他的心跳骤然加速。