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笑 = 夭 + 竹
笑 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “laugh”. It is built from 夭 (sapling) and 竹 (bamboo). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1008.
- Keyword
- laugh
- RTK frame
- 1008
- Strokes
- 10
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ショウ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- わら.う, え.む
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- смеяться
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 笑 smile
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 笑 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “sapling” + “bamboo”. 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.