笑

Stroke order

笑 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹竹大 (HHK), four-corner 8843₂, composition ⿱𥫗夭)

• 㗛, 𢞖, 𢲑, 𣉧, 𧏣, 𧜕, 𫹠, 𭡻, 𡮜, 𫂪, 𫛎, 𬕓, 𮆂

• Kangxi Dictionary: 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

Wikipedia has articles on:

• 笑 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• 笑 (Cantonese)
• chiéu (Eastern Min)
• chhiò (Southern Min)
• 笑 (Wu)

Historical forms of the character 笑
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script

Originally ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) or phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sqʰows) : phonetic 艸 (OC *sʰuːʔ, “grass”) + semantic 犬 (“dog”). Later, phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sqʰows) : semantic 竹 + phonetic 夭 (OC *qoːwʔ, *qrow, *qrowʔ).

笑

1. (intransitive) to laugh; to smile

   笑容  ―  xiàoróng  ―  smile

   唔識笑／唔识笑 [Cantonese]  ―  m⁴ sik¹ siu³   ―  never smiles

2. (transitive) to laugh at; to ridicule

   點解你哋成日笑我㗎？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   点解你哋成日笑我㗎？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   dim² gaai² nei⁵ dei⁶ seng⁴ jat⁶ siu³ ngo⁵ gaa³?

   Why do you guys always laugh at me?

3. (ditransitive) to laugh at; to ridicule

   笑佢唔識講廣東話 [Cantonese, trad.]
   笑佢唔识讲广东话 [Cantonese, simp.]

   siu³ keoi⁵ m⁴ sik¹ gong² gwong² dung¹ waa^6-2

   to make fun of them for not knowing how to speak Cantonese

4. (literary, or in compounds) funny; amusing

   笑話／笑话  ―  xiàohuà  ―  joke (literally, “funny words”)

5. (obsolete, figurative) to blossom; to bloom
6. (rare) a surname

• (to laugh):

• (to ridicule):

• (to laugh at): 嘲 (cháo), 嗤 (chī)

• “笑”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. to laugh; laughter
2. to smile; a smile

• 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, 笑ふ, historical)}、えむ (emu, 笑む, Jōyō)^{←ゑむ (wemu, 笑む, historical)}
• Nanori: えみ (emi)^{←ゑみ (wemi, historical)}

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 笑う (warau, “to laugh; to smile”).^[1][2]

• (Tokyo) わらい (Heiban – )^[2]
• IPA^(key):

笑(わらい) • (warai) ^{←わらひ (warafi)?}

1. a laugh, laughing, laughter
2. a smile, smiling

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.

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 笑む (emu, “to smile; to bloom”).^[1][2]

• (Tokyo) えみ (Atamadaka – )^[2]
• IPA^(key):

笑(えみ) • (emi) ^{←ゑみ (wemi)?}

1. a smile, smiling
2. a bloom, blooming
3. the opening of a nut or other fruit as it ripens

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.

笑(えみ) • (Emi) ^{←ゑみ (Wemi)?}

1. a female given name
2. a surname

Likely related to the emi above.

笑(え) • (e) ^{←ゑ (we)?}

1. (in compounds) smile

   Used in compounds such as 笑(え)顔(がお) (egao), 笑(え)酒(ぐし) (egushi), and 笑(え)壺(つぼ) (etsubo).

笑(わら) • (wara) 

1. (informal, teen slang) Alternative form of (笑): LOL

笑 (eumhun 웃을 소 (useul so))

1. hanja form^? of 소 (“laugh”)

笑: Hán Nôm readings: tiếu, téo

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