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哄 — 9 strokes / Radical「口」

道
1University / general (hardest) / 9 strokes / Radical「口」
On
コウこう · kō
Kun
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Meaning
to roar with laughter

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Mouth 口 with 共 as phonetic: many voices laughing together.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 哄笑こうしょう

    loud laughter

  • 哄然こうぜん

    bursting into laughter

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

座(ざ)は哄笑(こうしょう)に包(つつ)まれた。

The room broke into roaring laughter.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

哄然哄笑哄然so笑laugh叨reckle…叭trump…叮courte…叺straw…吁ah!亢high芒an awn伉to mat…扛to lif…扣to kno…
CompoundRadicalReading

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