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Kanji Detail for 笑 - "to laugh, to smile, joy"

  • Meaning

    笑 means "to laugh, to smile, joy."

    1. Laugh - To express amusement.

    2. Smile - A facial expression of happiness.

    3. Joy - Happiness; delight.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    laugh

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    smile, laugh, giggle; snicker

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    old variant of 笑[xiao4]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to smile, to laugh; to giggle; to snicker

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Being happy and relaxing the face to show teeth. Artful smiles, slight smiles. | To ridicule. To scorn. Such as 嘲笑 (mock), 非笑 (deride), 嘻笑怒罵 (laughing and cursing), and such. Matters worthy of ridicule are called 笑談 (joke).
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Sentences including

  • I'm running out of laughter.

  • Don't laugh at my failure.

  • She cannot but laugh.

  • She smiled at the sight of her mother.

  • I want to die laughing.

  • His story made us laugh.

  • They often make fun of the boss.

  • He was laughed at by all the people present.

  • You will be laughed at.

  • I was laughed at by him.

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