咲 (U+54B2) is also used as a variant/simplified form with the same meaning “to laugh/smile,” especially in Japanese.

A phono-semantic compound:
竹 (“bamboo”) provides the semantic element. (Alluding to bamboo flutes or sticks used in early rituals of joy).
夭 (yo, “to die young; tender”) provides the phonetic element.

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Vocabulary

seed, kind, type, to plant, to cultivate

to pile up, to accumulate, to amass, quantity, sum

to harvest, to reap, to gather

to investigate, to research, to study, to examine thoroughly

empty, void, vacant, sky, space

to exhaust, to reach the end, to be destitute, to be impoverished

end, extremity, clue, aspect, uprightness

to compete, to vie, to contend

smile, laugh

group, class, rank, order, equal, etc., and so on

to answer, to reply, response, solution

individual, piece, item

joint, node, section, festival, to economize, to be temperate

pattern, law, norm, model, standard

to build, to pile up

refined, pure, essence

to tie, to bind, to promise, to arrange, approximately, to reduce (in fractions)

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笑

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