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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.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

呵 hē
to scold; to yawn; the sound of someone laughing (when repeated)
radical 30 ⼝ · 8 strokes
呵
呵 hē
to scold; to yawn; the sound of someone laughing (when repeated)
radical 30 ⼝ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “chuckle”

WordPinyinMeaning
咯咯笑gē gē xiàochuckle

Related words

Other words that share a character with 呵呵.

WordPinyinMeaning
呵护 (呵護)hē hùto bless; to cherish
呵斥hē chìto berate; to excoriate; to chide
乐呵呵 (樂呵呵)lè hē hēhappily; giddily
一气呵成 (一氣呵成)yī qì hē chéngto do something at one go; to flow smoothly
呵欠hē qiànyawn

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.

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