笑 = 竹 + 夭

笑 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “smile”. It is built from 竹 (bamboo) and 夭 (young).

Keyword: smile
Pinyin (Mandarin): xiào
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: smile, laugh, giggle, смеяться, улыбаться, хихикать, laugh, giggle
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 笑 laugh

Decomposition

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竹 bamboo
夭 young

How to find 笑 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “bamboo” + “young”. 笑 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 笑 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.