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Characters, words, pinyin or English

哈 hā the sound of laughter

the sound of laughter; ha!

How to remember 哈: 口 mouth + 合 join together = the sound of laughter. At the family dinner every mouth opens when the twins join together for a silly dance, and the room fills with the sound of laughter.

  • HSK 5
  • 9 strokes
  • Radical 口

Component breakdown

哈 = 口 mouth + 合 join together

  • 口 mouth
  • 合 join together
    • 亼 combine
    • 口 mouth
The Gushi story

At the family dinner every mouth opens when the twins join together for a silly dance, and the room fills with the sound of laughter.

How it is used

  • Almost always doubled as 哈哈 (hāhā) to represent laughter in speech and text, like "haha".
  • As a sentence-final filler in casual chat, 哈 softens a statement, e.g. 好的哈 (hǎo de hā) - "okay~", common in texting.
  • Also names the sound of yawning/panting in 哈欠 (hāqian) - yawn.
  • Purely a phonetic/onomatopoeic character - has no meaning outside these uses.