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Uncle Hanzi (汉字叔叔）
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http://www.chineseetymology.org

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I teach ESL online and edit technical and scientific papers in English.

Character: 笑

Simplified (簡體字):
Unicode := 7B11
GB2312-80 := D0A6

Simplification (簡化方法):
no simplification
traditional = simplified

Traditional (繁體字):
Unicode := 7B11
Big5 := AFBA

Etymology (文字來源):
Phonetic Signific, to laugh 夭 possible at written 竹 humor - laugh

Mandarin (普通話): Chinese

Cantonese (廣東話): Analyze

Taiwanese (臺灣話): Analyze

Shanghaiese (上海話): Analyze

Japanese (日本話): Analyze

Korean (韩国話): Analyze Listen

ShuoWen: (說文解字):
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