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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)

物笑いの種ものわらいのたね

laughingstock

笑い仏わらいぼとけ

smiling Buddha (statue)

鼻先で笑うはなさきでわらう

to laugh scornfully

一円を笑う者は一円に泣くいちえんをわらうものはいちえんになく

take care of the penny

鬼が笑うおにがわらう

to be laughable

笑門しょうもん

(good fortune and happiness will come to) the home of those who smile

笑門来福しょうもんらいふく

good fortune and happiness will come to the home of those who smile

笑門福来しょうもんふくらい

good fortune and happiness will come to the home of those who smile

to laugh (suddenly)

to laugh mockingly

to make laugh

to make laugh

to make (someone) laugh

smile diplomacy

laugh line

to cause laughter

comedian

butt of a joke

laughter breaks out

to break down laughing

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