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

笑

  • Meaning

    笑 means "to laugh, to smile." Also associated with joy.

    1. Laugh - To express amusement.

    2. Smile - A facial expression of happiness.

    3. Joy - Happiness; delight.

  • Words using 笑

    • 笑顔 えがお Listen smiling face; smile
    • 笑み えみ Listen smile
    • 微笑 びしょう Listen smile
    • 爆笑 ばくしょう Listen roar of laughter (from multiple people); burst of laughter; uproarious laughter
    • 笑い声 わらいごえ Listen (sound of) laughter; laughing voice
    • 苦笑い にがわらい Listen bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile
    • 作り笑い つくりわらい Listen forced laugh; forced smile

  • Four-character idioms with 笑

    • 一笑千金 いっしょうせんきん Listen a smile of a beautiful woman is worth a thousand pieces of gold; enchanting smile of a glamorous woman
    • 一顰一笑 いっぴんいっしょう Listen one's mood; one's caprice; a smile or a frown
    • 拈華微笑 ねんげみしょう Listen heart-to-heart communication; thought transference
    • 破顔一笑 はがんいっしょう Listen smiling broadly
    • 破顔大笑 はがんたいしょう Listen breaking into a hearty laugh
    • 笑止千万 しょうしせんばん Listen highly ridiculous; quite absurd

  • Tattoo check: 笑

    • Verified meaning: to laugh, to smile
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read えがお, えみ, えむ, つつみ)
    • Also carries these associations: joy

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 笑

    Given names 笑(えがお)Listen 笑(えみ)Listen 笑(えむ)Listen 笑(つつみ)Listen 笑(にこ)Listen 笑(にこり)Listen 笑(わらう)Listen

  • 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).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    shoh(ショウ) ショウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    e.mu(え-む) え-む

    wara.u(わら-う) わら-う

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    竹 (take・takekammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    laugh smile joy chuckle giggle grin amusement cheerfulness delight happiness humor mirth beam

Sentences including 笑

  • 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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