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笑 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「竹」

道
7Elementary year 4 ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「竹」
On
ショウしょう · shō
Kun
わら(う)・え(む)wara(u) · e(mu)
Meaning
laugh, smile

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A character related to 竹 (bamboo); the bending of bamboo in the wind was likened to a laughing figure. It means to laugh or smile.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onショウしょうshō笑覧しょうらん微笑びしょう談笑だんしょう
Kunわらうwarau笑うわらう大笑いおおわらい
Kunえむemuほくそ笑むほくそえむ笑みえみ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 笑顔えがお

    smiling face

  • 大笑いおおわらい

    big laugh

More words with this kanji

  • 嘲笑ちょうしょう
  • 笑うわらう
  • 呵呵大笑かかたいしょう
  • 哄笑こうしょう
  • 嗤笑ししょう
  • 嫣然一笑えんぜんいっしょう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

妹(いもうと)は大(おお)きな声(こえ)で笑(わら)った。

My little sister laughed loudly.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

大笑い笑顔笑大big顔face節node管pipe竹bamboo竺thick竽an anc…井well松pine…省reflec…清pure唱sing
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 竹Map of reading ショウAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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