The Chinese characters 笑 meaning is laugh; smile.

笑 has an amusing origin. The phonetic element: 夭 depicts a man inclining his head to laugh more easily, suggesting rocking or shaking. The radical component is the metamorphosis of 竹 (bamboo). Likens such laughter to the swaying of bamboo in the breeze. But laughing or smiling is serious business, as implied in the proverb: “A man without a smiling face should not open a shop.

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