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.