笑 Laugh

Radical Combination

• 竹

  Bamboo
• 天

  Heaven

Meaning

Primary

Laugh

Mnemonic

Bamboo heaven is a place for laughing. Bamboo is a very jolly plant, and they love to laugh. Even after death in bamboo heaven, the bamboo continue to laugh joyfully. Bamboo heaven is truly a place of laughter.

Hints

Imagine yourself as a bamboo plant that laughs in heaven. What are you laughing about? Chuckle to yourself as you remember this kanji.

Readings

On’yomi

しょう

Kun’yomi

わら, え

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

There’s actually a war a goin’ on up in that there bamboo heaven, y’know? Ye might not have heard of it with all that there laughin’ a goin’ on, but there definitely be a war a (わら) goin’ on up in bamboo heaven, y’hear? The bamboo are scared so that’s why they be laughin’ so much. They nervous.

Hints

Now picture these bamboo again up in bamboo heaven, and remember this strange accent to remember that the bamboo plants up in bamboo heaven are laughing with nervous laughter at this bamboo war that’s a goin’ on up there.