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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 笑容可掬

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
笑容可掬 xiào róng kě jū - smiling wholeheartedly (idiom); beaming from ear to ear

List Ranking for: 笑容可掬

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 51,287 49,874 61,114

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
笑 xiào- to laugh; to smile
- to laugh at
笑 xiào- old variant of 笑[xiao4]
容 róng- surname Rong
容 róng- to hold
- to contain
- to allow
- to tolerate
- appearance
- look
- countenance
可 kě- (prefix) can; may; able to; -able
- to approve; to permit
- to suit
- (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very
- but; however
可 kè- used in 可汗[ke4 han2]
掬 jū- to hold in one's hands
- classifier for a double handful
- Taiwan pr. [ju2]

Other Words Containing 笑容可掬

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
笑容可掬 - - 51,287 49,874 61,114