| 537 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 900 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 889 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3374 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1147 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 791 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1209 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1235 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1299 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 251 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1472 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3275 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1692 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2300 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 947 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 25885 | Morohashi |
| 2646 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4256 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 938 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1008 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 482 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 548 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
913 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 笑気 【ショウキ】 laughing gas, nitrous oxide
- 笑気麻酔 【ショウキマスイ】 nitrous oxide anesthesia, laughing gas anesthesia
- 苦笑 【クショウ】 bitter smile, wry smile, strained laugh, sarcastic laugh
- 冷笑 【レイショウ】 sneer, derision, scornful laugh, cold smile
Kun reading compounds
- 笑う 【わらう】 to laugh, to smile, to sneer, to ridicule, to be dumbfounded, to be flabbergasted
- 笑う門には福来る 【わらうかどにはふくきたる】 laugh and grow fat, good fortune and happiness will come to the home of those who smile
- 笑む 【えむ】 to smile
Readings
- Japanese names:
- えみ
- Korean:
- so
Spanish
- risa
- sonrisa
- reír
- sonreír
Portuguese
- risada
French
- rire
| 2363 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6f4.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-6-4 | SKIP code |
| 8843.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-30-48 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7b11 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
676 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 顔 【カオ】 face, visage, look, expression, countenance, honor, honour, face, influence, notoriety
- 顔色 【カオイロ】 complexion, one's colour, one's color, countenance, expression, one's face
- 美顔 【ビガン】 beautiful face, facial care, facial treatment
- 童顔 【ドウガン】 child's face, childlike face, boyish face, baby face
Kun reading compounds
- 顔 【かお】 face, visage, look, expression, countenance, honor, honour, face, influence, notoriety
- 顔合わせ 【かおあわせ】 meeting together, introduction, costarring, appearing together, being matched, facing off
- いい顔 【いいかお】 big-shot, influential person, happy face, smiling face, sympathetic attitude, getting along with, being all smiles, good looks, nice face
- 涼しい顔 【すずしいかお】 nonchalant air, unruffled air
Readings
- Korean:
- an
Spanish
- cara
- faz
- semblante
- rostro
- expresión
Portuguese
- rosto
- expressão
French
- visage
- expression
| 179 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 103 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 93 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 527 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5139 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 481 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 277 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2754 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 277 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 277 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 573 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1893 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2277 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1177 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1608 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1733 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 43591P | Morohashi |
| 1808 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6648 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1717 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1853 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 355 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 239 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 461 | 2001 Kanji |
| 9a9.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-9-9 | SKIP code |
| 0128.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-20-73 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9854 | Unicode hex code |