笑 (xiào)

to laugh; to smile

How 笑 is written

Strokes
10
Radical
⺮ — bamboo
Traditional
笑
Simplified
笑 (unchanged)

Components

Common words using 笑

微笑 wēixiào
smile; CL:個|个[ge4],絲|丝[si1]; to smile
偷笑 tōuxiào
to laugh up one's sleeve
傻笑 shǎxiào
to giggle; to laugh foolishly; to smirk
可笑 kěxiào
funny; ridiculous
嘲笑 cháoxiào
to jeer at; to deride; to ridicule
好笑 hǎoxiào
laughable; funny; ridiculous
搞笑 gǎoxiào
funny; hilarious
歡笑 huānxiào
to laugh happily; a belly-laugh
爆笑 bàoxiào
loud laugh; guffaw; explosion of laughter
玩笑 wánxiào
to joke; joke; jest
笑容 xiàoróng
smile; smiling expression; CL:副[fu4]
笑聲 xiàoshēng
laughter

笑 in a sentence

別生氣了,我只是跟你開個玩笑。

Bié shēngqì le, wǒ zhǐshì gēn nǐ kāi ge wánxiào.

“Don't be mad; I was just joking with you.”

How common is 笑?

笑 is the 346th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 67.8% of all running text.

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