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15 strokes

laugh

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
Meaning
laugh; giggle; (interjection expressing admiration, surprise etc)
Strokes
15
HSK level
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰口喜

A happy 喜 sound 口; 喜 also provides the pronunciation

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write step by step

15 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with

Common words using — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

hip-hop (music genre) (loanword)

Open 嘻哈 page →

hee hee; happy

Open 嘻嘻 page →

hippie (loanword)

Open 嘻皮 page →

Related characters

From ’s common words

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