"笑" meaning in Japanese

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Character

  1. to laugh; laughter Tags: grade-4-kanji, kanji
    Sense id: en-笑-ja-character-DCB8ca8h
  2. to smile; a smile Tags: grade-4-kanji, kanji
    Sense id: en-笑-ja-character-27ZXgaWE Categories (other): Grade 4 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Grade 4 kanji: 43 57 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant transliterations: 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 笑酒 (egushi) (ruby: (), (ぐし)) (english: an alcoholic beverage that puts the drinker into a good mood), 笑気 (shōki) (ruby: (しょう), ()) (english: laughing gas), 苦笑 (kushō) (ruby: (), (しょう)) (english: a wry smile, wry laughter)

Proper name

IPA: [e̞mʲi] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (えみ)), Emi [romanization], wemi [romanization], ゑみ [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 笑む (emu, “to smile; to bloom”). Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|えみ|hhira=ゑみ}} 笑(えみ) • (Emi) ^(←ゑみ (wemi)?)
  1. a female given name Categories (topical): Japanese female given names, Japanese given names
    Sense id: en-笑-ja-name-pLhOhtoi Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 3 36 13 1 2 2 6 10 12 15 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 1 4 32 14 2 3 3 6 7 16 13 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 1 7 32 9 4 6 6 6 8 9 13 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 0 10 29 13 1 3 3 7 6 13 15 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 38 17 2 4 4 8 8 20
  2. a surname
    Sense id: en-笑-ja-name-v2O7m9sM Categories (other): Japanese surnames, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: [ɰᵝa̠ɾa̠i] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (わらい)), warai [romanization], warafi [romanization], わらひ [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 笑う (warau, “to laugh; to smile”). Head templates: {{ja-noun|わらい|hhira=わらひ}} 笑(わらい) • (warai) ^(←わらひ (warafi)?)
  1. a laugh, laughing, laughter
    Sense id: en-笑-ja-noun-rcQZ0n6w
  2. a smile, smiling
    Sense id: en-笑-ja-noun-RWyQPT8- Categories (other): Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 37 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [e̞mʲi] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (えみ)), emi [romanization], wemi [romanization], ゑみ [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 笑む (emu, “to smile; to bloom”). Head templates: {{ja-noun|えみ|hhira=ゑみ}} 笑(えみ) • (emi) ^(←ゑみ (wemi)?)
  1. a smile, smiling
    Sense id: en-笑-ja-noun-RWyQPT8-1
  2. a bloom, blooming
    Sense id: en-笑-ja-noun-nQ2cmPNG
  3. the opening of a nut or other fruit as it ripens
    Sense id: en-笑-ja-noun-3bFtan48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Forms: [canonical] (ruby: ()), e [romanization], [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Likely related to the emi above. Head templates: {{ja-noun|え|hhira=ゑ}} 笑(え) • (e) ^(←ゑ (we)?)
  1. (in compounds) smile Tags: in-compounds
    Sense id: en-笑-ja-noun--h6txMaZ Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Punctuation

Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (わら)), wara [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|わら}} 笑(わら) • (wara)
  1. (informal, teen slang) Alternative form of (笑) ((笑)): LOL Tags: alt-of, alternative, informal Alternative form of: (笑) (extra: ((笑)): LOL)
    Sense id: en-笑-ja-punct-A9Jk7Bmp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Download JSON data for 笑 meaning in Japanese (8.2kB)

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    }
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              "がお"
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              "笑",
              "え"
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            [
              "酒",
              "ぐし"
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              "笑",
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              "壺",
              "つぼ"
            ]
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      ],
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        "smile"
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (bb24e0f and c7ea76d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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