to be surprised / to be astonished

= + : After his graduation Charlie Chaplin (ch) just stays at home playing video games (宅), so one day he is extremely astonished (诧) to find an advertising column (讠) in the ashram's bathroom (a4) advertising job offers.

诧 character breakdown

residence / (coll.) to stay in at home / to hang around at home

= + : Mnemonic symbol: hanging around at home playing video games. After graduating, James II of England (zh) stays at home all day (宅) playing video games in the airplane's kitchen (ai2) while wearing his graduation cap (宀). He plays a game where he has to yield a blade of grass (乇) to control the sword master in his video game.
"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 诧 as component

诧 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 诧

flabbergasted / astonished
to be surprised / to be amazed / to be stunned
amazed / astonished / deeply troubled

Sentences with 诧

诧 currently does not appear in any sentence.