Chinese symbol for “chuckle”
呵呵
hē hē
(onom.) gentle laughter; chuckle
The closest CC-CEDICT match for chuckle is 呵呵 (hē hē), defined as: (onom.) gentle laughter; chuckle.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “chuckle”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 呵呵.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 呵护 (呵護) | hē hù | to bless; to cherish |
| 呵斥 | hē chì | to berate; to excoriate; to chide |
| 乐呵呵 (樂呵呵) | lè hē hē | happily; giddily |
| 一气呵成 (一氣呵成) | yī qì hē chéng | to do something at one go; to flow smoothly |
| 呵欠 | hē qiàn | yawn |
See also: Japanese symbol for “chuckle”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.