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笑 — to laugh; to smile; to laugh at

Pinyin
xiào
Strokes
10
HSK level
HSK 2
Handwriting
recognition only

How to write 笑: 10 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

笑 — 10 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 笑 in the HSK syllabus: 18

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 笑xiàoto laugh; to smile; to laugh atHSK 2
  2. 好笑hǎoxiàolaughable; funny; ridiculousHSK 4
  3. 开玩笑kāi wánxiàoto play a joke; to make fun of; to jokeHSK 4
  4. 笑话xiàohuajoke; jest; to laugh at; to mock; ridiculous; absurdHSK 4
  5. 微笑wēixiàosmile; to smileHSK 5
  6. 嘲笑cháoxiàoto jeer at; to deride; to ridicule; mockeryHSK 6
  7. 笑容xiàoróngsmile; smiling expressionHSK 6
  8. 耻笑chǐxiàoto sneer at sb; to ridiculeHSK 7–9
  9. 搞笑gǎoxiàoto get people to laugh; funny; hilariousHSK 7–9
  10. 哄堂大笑hōngtáng-dàxiàothe whole room roaring with laughterHSK 7–9
  11. 欢声笑语huānshēng-xiàoyǔcheers and laughterHSK 7–9
  12. 讥笑jīxiàoto sneerHSK 7–9
  13. 可笑kěxiàofunny; ridiculousHSK 7–9
  14. 哭笑不得kūxiào-bùdélit. not to know whether to laugh or cryHSK 7–9
  15. 苦笑kǔxiàoto force a smile; a bitter laughHSK 7–9
  16. 眉开眼笑méikāi-yǎnxiàobrows raised in delight, eyes laughing; beaming with joyHSK 7–9
  17. 取笑qǔxiàoto tease; to make fun ofHSK 7–9
  18. 嬉笑xīxiàoto be laughing and playing; to giggleHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.