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笑

JLPT N4 SL3 10 strokes Frequency: #1200

Meanings

smile, laugh

Radicals

竹

Decomposition

⿱⺮夭

Etymology

Ideographic: A person 夭 with a big grin ⺮

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 10

Stroke Order

1 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

2 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

3 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

4 diagonal right-to-left

5 horizontal right-to-left

6 diagonal right-to-left

7 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

8 horizontal bottom-to-top

9 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

10 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ショウ shou

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

わら wara

え e

Words Using This Kanji

158 words total

ショウ (1 words)

微笑びしょう

smile / smirk

え (1 words)

笑顔えがお

smile / smiling face

わら (6 words)

笑うわらう

to laugh / smile

お笑い芸人おわらいげいにん

comedian / comic / entertainer

laugh / smile

苦笑いにがわらい

wry smile / bitter smile / embarrassed grin

含み笑いふくみわらい

smirk / chuckle under one's breath

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Other (150 words)

笑いわらい

laugh

to smile

smile

笑えるわらえる

to laugh

笑けるわらける

to laugh (suddenly)

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