astounded

= + : Maud Younger (y) is astounded (讶) to find that her removed wisdom teeth (牙) are advertised for sale on an advertising column (讠) in the ashram's bathroom (a4).

讶 character breakdown

tooth / ivory / CL:顆|颗[ke1]

Mnemonic symbol: wisdom tooth. Maud Younger has a wisdom tooth removed just inside the ashram's kitchen.
"speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149) / see also 言字旁[yan2 zi4 pang2]

Mnemonic symbol: this character looks like a big "i" (like in information), and I'll represent it by an advertising column. Maud Younger (y) gives a speech (讠) standing on top of an advertising column (讠) in the anthill's kitchen (an2).

Characters with 讶 as component

讶 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 讶

amazed / astonished / to surprise / amazing / astonishment / awe
to be surprised / to be astonished

Sentences with 讶

讶 currently does not appear in any sentence.