# 笑 laugh

竹 (bamboo) + 天 (heaven)
★★★★★
10 strokes

## Onyomi

SHOU |

## Mnemonic

| When I SHOW you a picture of a panda impaled on the very bamboo it was trying to eat, the irony makes you laugh so hard I thought you'd died and gone to heaven.

## Kunyomi

わら*う | laugh ★★★★★
( お ) わら＊い | comedian ★★★☆☆

## Jukugo

笑顔(えがお) | smiling face ★★★☆☆ FP 笑 (laugh) + 顔 (face) = 笑顔 (smiling face)
に 爆笑(ばくしょう) する | explosive laughter ★★☆☆☆ 爆 (explode) + 笑 (laugh) = 爆笑 (explosive laughter) to laugh explosively- to suddenly and convulsively guffaw

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
笑 | laugh | HEAVEN | 天
答 | answer | SUIT | 合

It's HEAVENLY to laugh,

but I'll only answer questions that SUIT me.