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笑

JLPT N3 SL4 10 strokes Frequency: #913

Meanings

Laugh

Radicals

⺮

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)

え e

わら wara

Words Using This Kanji

159 words total

Other (20 words)

嬉笑きしょう

happy laughter

戯笑ぎしょう

playful laughter

泣き笑いなきわらい

laughing while crying

苦笑くしょう

bitter smile

苦笑いにがわらい

bitter smile

高笑いたかわらい

loud laughter

作り笑いつくりわらい

forced laugh

似非笑いえせわらい

smirk

失笑しっしょう

laughing at an inappropriate time

笑い上戸わらいじょうご

merry drinker

笑うわらう

to laugh

笑止しょうし

laughable

笑い事わらいごと

laughing matter

笑い話わらいばなし

funny story

笑顔えがお

smiling face

笑いわらい

laugh

笑いこけるわらいこける

to roll about with laughter

to smile

笑い声わらいごえ

(sound of) laughter

含み笑いふくみわらい

suppressed laugh

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