| Kanji | 笑 |
|---|---|
| Onyomi | ショウ |
| Kunyomi | わら.う、え.む |
| Nanori | えみ |
| English | laugh |
| Examples | 笑い(わらい): (1) laugh; laughter (2) smile (3) sneer 笑顔(えがお): smiling face; smile 微笑(びしょう): smile 笑う(わらう): (1) to laugh (2) to smile (3) to sneer; to ridicule 可笑しい(おかしい): (1) funny; amusing; comical; laughable; ridiculous (2) strange; odd; funny; peculiar; weird; unusual; eccentric (3) improper; unsuitable; unbecoming (4) suspicious 微笑む(ほほえむ): to smile あざ笑う(あざわらう): to sneer at; to ridicule |
| JLPT Level | 3 |
| Jouyou Grade | 4 |
| Frequency | 913 |
| Components | 竹: bamboo 夭: early death; calamity |
| Number of Strokes | 10 |
| Kanji Radical | 竹 |
| Radical Number | 118 |
| Radical Strokes | 6 |
| Radical Reading | たけ・たけかんむり |
| Traditional Form | (none) |
| Classification | 象形 Pictographic |
| Keyword | laugh |
| Koohii Story 1 | When the people tried to build a tower of bamboo to reach the heavens, the gods just laughed and laughed. |
| Koohii Story 2 | That Panda is in bamboo heaven! Just look at him laugh! |
| RTK Index | 938 |
Tags: jlpt.n3, grade4, kanjifreq751-1000, kanji_emotion.sense_emotion
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