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笑
咲
xiào
1. old variant of [[笑<xiào>]]
HSK 2 Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

笑
xiào
to smile, to laugh; to giggle; to snicker
HSK 2 10 丶

Compound Words (20)

笑窝
xiàowō
dimple
傻笑
shǎxiào
to giggle
笑容
xiàoróng
smile
笑涡
xiàowō
see [[笑窩|笑窝<xiàowō>]]
笑意
xiàoyì
smiling expression
笑柄
xiàobǐng
laughingstock
笑料
xiàoliào
source of laughter
笑林
Xiàolín
Jokes (title of an ancient collection of jokes, often used in the title of modern collections of jokes)
冷笑
lěngxiào
to sneer
阴笑
yīnxiào
to laugh evilly
取笑
qǔxiào
to tease
可笑
kěxiào
funny
含笑
hánxiào
to have a smile on one's face
贻笑
yíxiào
to be ridiculous
干笑
gānxiào
to give a hollow laugh
哂笑
shěnxiào
(literary) to sneer
讥笑
jīxiào
to sneer
HSK 6
哄笑
hōngxiào
to roar with laughter
调笑
tiáoxiào
to tease
逗笑
dòuxiào
to amuse

Alternate Entries

笑
xiào
laugh / smile / CL:[[個|个<gè>]]
HSK 2

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
2
Character Frequency Rank
345
Word Frequency Rank
558 of 84,292