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Chinese symbol for “smiling”

笑吟吟
xiào yín yín
smiling; with a smile

The closest CC-CEDICT match for smiling is 笑吟吟 (xiào yín yín), defined as: smiling; with a smile.

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

笑 xiào
to smile, to laugh; to giggle; to snicker
radical 118 ⽵ · 10 strokes
吟 yín
to sing, to hum; to recite; a type of poetry
radical 30 ⼝ · 7 strokes
吟
吟 yín
to sing, to hum; to recite; a type of poetry
radical 30 ⼝ · 7 strokes

Other Chinese words for “smiling”

WordPinyinMeaning
忍俊rěn jùnsmiling
笑嘻嘻xiào xī xīgrinning; smiling
开心颜 (開心顏)kāi xīn yánto rejoice; smiling

Related words

Other words that share a character with 笑吟吟.

WordPinyinMeaning
微笑wēi xiàosmile; 个 (gè),丝 (sī)
笑话 (笑話)xiào huajoke; jest; to laugh at; to mock
开玩笑 (開玩笑)kāi wán xiàoto play a joke; to make fun of; to joke
可笑kě xiàofunny; ridiculous
搞笑gǎo xiàoto get people to laugh; funny
嘲笑cháo xiàoto jeer at; to deride
呻吟shēn yínto moan; to groan
吟唱yín chàngto chant; to recite
吟诗 (吟詩)yín shīto recite poetry

See also: Japanese symbol for “smiling”.

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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