This week’s #kanji is #笑, which is made of its semantic element of #たけかんむり（竹） and its phonetic element of 夭, although 笑 and 夭 do not share a sound in modern Japanese. I’m not quite sure why 竹 is the semantic element…
Meaning: to laugh, to smile
Reading: ショウ、わら、え
一笑（イッショウ）に付（フ）す: to laugh (a matter) off, to dismiss (a matter) with a laugh
失笑（シッショウ）を買（か）う: to invite sniggers (of amusement)
冷笑（レイショウ）: a cold smile, a scornful laugh
笑（わら）い: a laugh, a laughter, a smile
笑（わら）う: to laugh, to chuckle, to smile, to grin
笑（わら）い話（ばなし）: a funny story, something to laugh about afterward
笑（え）み: a smile
笑（え）む: to smile
笑顔（えがお）: a smile, a smiling face
微笑（ほほえ）み: a smile
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