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See also: 咲 and 笶
笑 U+7B11, 笑
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B11
← 笐
[U+7B10] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 笒 →
[U+7B12]

Translingual

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Stroke order
10 strokes
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Han character

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

Derived characters

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

References

  • 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

Chinese

More information trad., simp. # ...
trad. 笑
simp. # 笑
alternative forms 关
咲
㗛
𥬇
𠺑
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Glyph origin

More information Historical forms of the character 笑, Warring States ...
Historical forms of the character 笑
Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Chu slip and silk script Small seal script
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More information Old Chinese ...
Old Chinese
笑 *sqʰows
夭 *qoːwʔ, *qrow, *qrowʔ
镺 *qoːwʔ, *qoːws
芺 *qoːwʔ, *qrowʔ
妖 *qrow
祅 *qrow
枖 *qrow
訞 *qrow
殀 *qrowʔ
仸 *qrowʔ
妋 *pa, *qu
飫 *qos
沃 *qoːwɢ
鋈 *qoːwɢ
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Characters in the same phonetic series (夭) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

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).

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character 笑
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 宵 (91)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 私妙切
Baxter sjewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /siᴇuH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /siɛuH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /sjæuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /siawH/
Li
Rong		 /siɛuH/
Wang
Li		 /sĭɛuH/
Bernhard
Karlgren		 /si̯ɛuH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 xiào
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 siu3
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Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 笑
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 xiào
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ sjewH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[s-l]aw-s/
English to laugh

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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More information Zhengzhang system (2003), Character ...
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 笑
Reading # 1/1
No. 14621
Phonetic
component		 夭
Rime
group		 宵
Rime
subdivision		 3
Corresponding
MC rime		 𥬇
Old
Chinese		 /*sqʰows/
Notes 原下從犬，注或作此。漢書作八下夭
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Note:
  • cieo4 - vernacular;
  • sieo4 - literary.
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Definitions

笑

  1. (intransitive) to laugh; to smile
    笑容  ―  xiàoróng  ―  smile
    唔識笑／唔识笑 [Cantonese]  ―  m4 sik1 siu3 [Jyutping]  ―  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? [Jyutping]
    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 waa6-2 [Jyutping]
    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

Synonyms

  • (to laugh):
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Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 笑
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 樂, 笑
Taiwan 笑
Harbin 樂
Malaysia 笑
Singapore 笑
Olginsky (Mikhaylovka) 笑
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 笑
Central Plains Mandarin Wanrong 笑
Xi'an 笑
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 笑
Wuhan 笑, 奢
Guilin 笑
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 笑
Hefei 笑
Cantonese Guangzhou 笑
Hong Kong 笑
Yangjiang 笑
Beihai 笑
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 笑
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 笑
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 笑
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 笑
Móng Cái 笑
Gan Nanchang 笑
Pingxiang 笑
Hakka Meixian 笑
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 笑
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 笑
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 笑
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 笑
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 笑
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 笑
Huizhou Jixi 笑
Jin Taiyuan 笑
Northern Min Jian'ou 笑
Eastern Min Fuzhou 笑
Southern Min Xiamen 笑
Quanzhou 笑
Zhangzhou 笑
Manila (Hokkien) 笑
Chaozhou 笑
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 笑
Binyang 笑
Shehua Fu'an 笑
Fuding 笑
Luoyuan 笑
Sanming 笑
Shunchang 笑
Hua'an 笑
Guixi (Zhangping) 笑
Cangnan 笑
Jingning (Hexi) 笑
Lishui 笑
Longyou 笑
Chaozhou 笑
Fengshun 笑
Waxiang Guzhang (Gaofeng) 笑
Yuanling (Shaojiwan) 笑
Luxi (Baisha) 笑
Wu Shanghai 笑
Suzhou 笑
Danyang 笑
Hangzhou 笑
Wenzhou 笑
Xiang Changsha 笑
Shuangfeng 笑
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Dialectal synonyms of 笑 (“to laugh; to smile”) [map]
  • (to ridicule):

See also

  • (to laugh at): 嘲 (cháo), 嗤 (chī)

Compounds

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