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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)

笑止千万しょうしせんばん

highly ridiculous

笑い種わらいぐさ

laughingstock

笑み割れるえみわれる

to crack

人笑われひとわらわれ

laughingstock

人笑いひとわらい

something people would laugh at

人笑えひとわらえ

something people would laugh at

人笑わせひとわらわせ

ridiculous

大笑いおおわらい

great laughter

談笑だんしょう

friendly chat

売笑婦ばいしょうふ

prostitute

爆笑ばくしょう

roar of laughter (from multiple people)

微笑ましいほほえましい

heartwarming

微笑むほほえむ

to smile

微笑みほほえみ

smile

微笑みかけるほほえみかける

to smile (at someone)

微笑びしょう

smile

福笑いふくわらい

fukuwarai

腹笑いふくわらい

belly laugh

冷笑れいしょう

sneer

含み笑いふくみわらい

suppressed laugh

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