驚く
Kana: おどろく
to be surprised
Example sentence
そのニュースを聞いたら驚くと思います。
そのにゅーすをきいたらおどろくとおもいます。
I think you'll be surprised if you hear that news.
What 驚く means
驚く (おどろく) is a Japanese word meaning “to be surprised”. It belongs to the Actions & Verbs topic and appears at Level 2, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Japanese.