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Kanji: 笑
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KANJI

笑

10 strokes

READINGS

KUN 訓	わらう
	えむ

ON 音

ショウ

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N3 (lower intermediate level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 7 (completion of 4th grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 4th grade in Japan
Radical:	竹 (⺮) Radical name: たけ
Meaning:	Laugh
Usage:	Appears regularly in Japanese newspapers, but about 900 kanji are used more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N4	笑(わら)う	to laugh, to smile
N3	笑顔(えがお)	smiling face
N3	微笑(ほほえ)む	to smile
N3	笑(わら)い	laugh, laughter, smile
N1	あざ笑(わら)う	to sneer at, to ridicule
N1	可笑(おか)しい	strange, funny, amusing, ridiculous
N1	微笑(びしょう)	smile

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