Refers to a person or thing that becomes the object of ridicule or laughter.
彼は失敗して、みんなの笑い種になった。
He failed and became everyone's laughingstock.
Standard kanji spelling.
Variant kanji spelling using 草.
Mixed kana-kanji spelling.
Compound of 笑い (warai, 'laughter') and 種 (gusa, 'seed' or 'source'), literally 'source of laughter'.