笑
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Han character[edit]
笑 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹竹大 (HHK), four-corner 88432, composition ⿱⺮夭)
Derived characters[edit]
References[edit]
- KangXi: page 879, character 3
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25885
- Dae Jaweon: page 1307, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2950, character 10
- Unihan data for U+7B11
Chinese[edit]
trad. | 笑 | |
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simp. # | 笑 | |
alternative forms | 关 咲/笑 㗛 𥬇 𠺑 |
Glyph origin[edit]
Historical forms of the character 笑 | |
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Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script |
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Originally ideogrammic compound (會意) or phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *sqʰows): phonetic 艸 (OC *sʰuːʔ, “grass”) + semantic 犬 (“dog”). Later, phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *sqʰows): semantic 竹 + phonetic 夭 (OC *qoːwʔ, *qrow, *qrowʔ).
Pronunciation[edit]
Definitions[edit]
笑
- (intransitive) to laugh; to smile
- (transitive) to laugh at; to ridicule
- (ditransitive) to laugh at; to ridicule
- funny; amusing
- (obsolete, figuratively) to blossom; to bloom
- (rare) A surname.
Synonyms[edit]
See also[edit]
Compounds[edit]
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References[edit]
- “笑”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese[edit]
Kanji[edit]
Readings[edit]
- Go-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)←せう (seu, historical)
- Kan-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)←せう (seu, historical)
- Kun: わらう (warau, 笑う, Jōyō)←わらふ (warafu, historical); えむ (emu, 笑む, Jōyō)←ゑむ (wemu, historical)
- Nanori: えみ (emi)←ゑみ (wemi, historical)
Compounds[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Kanji in this term |
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笑 |
わら(い) Grade: 4 |
kun’yomi |
The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 笑う (warau, “to laugh; to smile”).[1][2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Usage notes[edit]
More commonly spelled with the okurigana, as 笑い.
The warai reading is more commonly associated with the laugh senses. The emi reading is more commonly associated with the smile senses.
Etymology 2[edit]
Kanji in this term |
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笑 |
え(み) Grade: 4 |
kun’yomi |
The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 笑む (emu, “to smile; to bloom”).[1][2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Usage notes[edit]
More commonly spelled with the okurigana, as 笑み.
The emi reading is more commonly associated with the smile senses. The warai reading is more commonly associated with the laugh senses.
Proper noun[edit]
- a female given name
- a surname
Etymology 3[edit]
Kanji in this term |
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笑 |
え Grade: 4 |
kun’yomi |
Likely related to the emi above.
Noun[edit]
Etymology 4[edit]
Punctuation mark[edit]
笑
References[edit]
Korean[edit]
Hanja[edit]
Vietnamese[edit]
Han character[edit]
笑: Hán Nôm readings: tiếu, téo
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