This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: ショウ、わら.う、え.む
Romaji: shō, wara.u, e.mu
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Name Reading

Kana: えみ
Romaji: emi
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Meaning

laugh

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  10
Radical Number:  118
Frequency:  913
Grade:  4
Skip Pattern:  2-6-4
Korean Reading:  so
Chinese Reading:  xiao4
Unicode:  7b11
JIS:  3E50

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2646
Nelson Index: 3374
New Nelson Index: 4256
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 6f4.1
Four Corner Index: 8843.2
Guide to Remembering Index: 900
Gakken Index: 889
Japanese Names Index: 1209
Daikanwanjiten Index: 25885
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 8.0748
Remembering the kanji Index: 938
Kanji Way Index: 482
Kanji Flashcards Index: 791
Kodansha Compact Index: 1472
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 537
Kanji in Context Index: 251
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1692
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2300
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 947
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1008
Essential Kanji Index: 1147
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3275
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 2363
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 548

Words

(わら、わらい)
LOL; haha
笑う (わらう)
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
笑顔 (えがお)
smiling face; smile
微笑 (びしょう)
smile
微笑む (ほほえむ)
to smile
お笑い (おわらい)
comical (story, song); comic; the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.); something laughable
爆笑 (ばくしょう)
roar of laughter (from several people); laughing hard (single person)
笑い (わらい)
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
笑み (えみ)
smile
嘲笑 (ちょうしょう)
scorn; sneer
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