楽

See also 樂, and 乐

Translingual

Han character

楽 (radical 75 木+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 戈人木 (IOD), X戈人木 (XIOD))

1. happy, glad
2. enjoyable
3. music
4. used as a surname

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 542, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15213
• Dae Jaweon: page 930, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 8 (in addendum), page 20, character 14
• Unihan data for U+697D

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Japanese

Kanji

楽 (grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Compounds

• 楽しい (たのしい, tanoshii): fun, delightful
• 神楽 (kagura): "god-entertainment" -- theatrical temple dances
• 楽天 (らくてん, rakuten), optimism
• 楽天家 (らくてんか, rakutenka), optimist
• 楽天主義 (らくてんしゅぎ, rakutenshugi), optimism
• 楽天主義者 (らくてんしゅぎしゃ, rakutenshugisha), optimist
• 舞楽 (bugaku)

Readings

• On: がく (gaku), らく (raku)
• Kun: たのしい (tanoshii), たのしむ (tanoshimu), このむ (konomu)

Usage notes

Shinjitai

Noun

楽 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai 樂, hiragana らく, romaji raku)

1. comfort; ease