部
Components

笑 means 'laugh'

Animation / stroke order not available.
CHALLENGE
BUILD
DRAW
MATCH
KEYWORDS
LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
Strokes : 10    Frequency: 212   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-2    Grade: 4   Intermediate lesson: 18    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 57 words   Used in 171 words   Used in 414 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ショウ
Kun
   わらう to laugh   えむ to smile
Additional readings
Name    えみ
Components
⿱  ⺮ (竹) bamboo  夭 calamity  
Explore these components visually on The Kanji Map ⇗
Mastery
LOG IN to view kanji mastery data
Flashcards
LOG IN to view your flashcards
Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 笑 is used 5 times, read 3 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 笑 is used 151 times, read 3 ways. 1 word uses a non-standard reading.
Showing:
ショウ : 52 words FIND ALL
び し ょ う 0
smile
(click the word for examples and links)
わらう : 85 words FIND ALL
わ ら う 0
'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to laugh
2. to smile
(click the word to view an additional 2 meanings and 3 forms, examples and links)
えむ : 13 words FIND ALL
え が お 1
smiling face; smile
(click the word for examples and links)
Part of a non-standard reading: 1 word. FIND ALL
ほ ほ え む 3
'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to smile
(click the word to view an additional 3 forms, examples and links)
An additional 21 less common words include 笑 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
Quick links
QUICK SEARCH WORD SEARCH KANJI SEARCH COMPONENT SEARCH Find kanji that refer to 笑
More information
Wiktionary ⇗ | Unicode.org ⇗ | Google Japan ⇗ | Hanziyuan etymology ⇗
Additional data
Henshall: 537 (originally: 900)  Joy o' Kanji : 900  Key to Kanji: 541 

Cascading kanji view

笑
ショウ   わらう to laugh   えむ to smile   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
⺮
bamboo
夭
calamity   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
Problem with this kanji? Question or comment? Please CONTACT US.
Kanshudo is your AI Japanese tutor, and your constant companion on the road to mastery of the Japanese language. To get started learning Japanese, just follow the study recommendations on your Dashboard. You can use Quick search (accessible using the icon at the top of every page) to look up any Japanese word, kanji or grammar point, as well as to find anything on Kanshudo quickly. For an overview, take the tour.
Search results include information from a variety of sources, including Kanshudo (kanji mnemonics, kanji readings, kanji components, vocab and name frequency data, grammar points, examples), JMdict (vocabulary), Tatoeba (examples), Enamdict (names), KanjiVG (kanji animations and stroke order), and Joy o' Kanji (kanji and radical synopses). Translations provided by Google's Neural Machine Translation engine. For more information see credits.
×