笑 – laugh

10 strokesTaught in grade 4#913 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 笑 means laugh. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ショウ (shou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is わら.う、え.む (warau, emu). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 竹 (no. 118).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ショウ	shou
Kun’yomi	わら.う	warau
Kun’yomi	え.む	emu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 竹 (Kangxi radical 118). Components: 禾・竹・大・乞.

Words using 笑

笑うわらうto laugh笑顔えがおsmiling face笑いわらいlaugh微笑むほほえむto smile微笑びしょうsmile嘲笑うあざわらうto laugh at

Example sentences

クラスのもの皆が彼の冗談に笑った。

The whole class laughed at his joke.

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しかし、彼はめったに笑いませんでした。

But he did not often smile.

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彼女の笑顔が感謝の気持ちを表した。

Her smile expressed her thanks.

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Kanji with the same radical

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