to startle / to be frightened / to be scared / alarm

= + : Somebody set off engine's alarm in the middle of the night and Joan of Arc arrives in a rush to scare away any intruder with a flail. She was in such a rush and so tired though that she forgot to put on her pants and arrives in front of the engine just wearing ridiculous underpants which feature a pattern of berets, mandarins and daisies.

惊 character breakdown

abbr. for Beijing / surname Jing / Jing ethnic minority
capital city of a country / big / algebraic term for a large number (old) / artificial mound (old)

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: Beijing is China's capital, and a characteristic landmark of Beijing is the building called the underpants. Joan of Arc (ji) is trying out Beijing's large underpants (京) in front of the engine ((e)ng1). The underpants have a nice pattern consisting of paintings of berets (亠), mandarins (口) and daisies (小).
Kangxi radical 61 (心) as a vertical side element

Looks a bit like a flail.

Characters with 惊 as component

惊 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 惊

to panic / to be alarmed
to be alarmed / to be frightened
perilous; touch-and-go; nerve-racking; suspenseful
to rouse / to be woken by sth / to wake with a start / to sleep lightly
shaking one to the core / extremely disturbing / hair-raising (idiom)
infantile convulsion (illness affecting children esp. under the age of five, marked by muscular spasms)
to go off like a rocket / to rocket
startled horse
to shy (away); to give a start
to go off like a rocket; to rocket
to start in surprise / to give a jolt of surprise
to shy (away) / to give a start
runaway carriage (caused by the harnessed animal bolting in fright)
in a panic / stunned
puzzled / surprised and nonplussed
to quake in fear

Sentences with 惊

惊 currently does not appear in any sentence.