Memory phrase for the Kanji: 笑


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Meaning

laugh, smile

Pronunciation

SHŌ
warau, emu

Explanation

Top: bamboo , below: early-death 夭 (here: sky, heaven )

Mnemonic

Bamboo that grows up to heaven? This is to laugh!

Radicals

bamboo
heaven, sky
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Vocabulary

 笑う  わらう  to laugh, to smile
 笑い  わらい  laugh, laughter, smile
 笑殺  しょうさつ  laughing off, dismissing with a laugh
 笑顔  えがお  smiling face
 嘲笑  ちょうしょう  ridicule, scornful laughter
 微笑  びしょう  smile
 微笑む  ほほえむ  to smile
 あざ笑う  あざわらう  to sneer at, to ridicule

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