楽 — comfort, pleasure, music

らく楽 comfort

らく

U+697D Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #373 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1727 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

comfort
pleasure
music
ease
enjoyment

Readings

On'yomi: がく gaku らく raku ごう gou
Kun'yomi: たの tano この kono

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らく raku On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

楽(らく) raku comfort 楽(らく) 天(てん) rakuten optimism 気(き) 楽(らく) kiraku carefree 楽(らく) 園(えん) rakuen paradise 千(せん) 秋(しゅう) 楽(らく) senshuuraku final day of a performance 文(ぶん) 楽(らく) bunraku bunraku 行(こう) 楽(らく) kouraku outing 行(こう) 楽(らく) 地(ち) kourakuchi tourist resort

がく gaku On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

音(おん) 楽(がく) ongaku music 音(おん) 楽(がく) 家(か) ongakuka musician クラシック音(おん) 楽(がく) kurashikkuongaku classical music 声(せい) 楽(がく) seigaku vocal music 室(しつ) 内(ない) 楽(がく) shitsunaigaku chamber music 楽(がく) 章(しょう) gakushou movement (music) 洋(よう) 楽(がく) yougaku Western music 楽(がく) 屋(や) gakuya dressing room

たの tano Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

楽(たの) しい tanoshii fun 楽(たの) しむ tanoshimu to enjoy 楽(たの) しみ tanoshimi enjoyment 楽(たの) しめる tanoshimeru to be able to enjoy

がっ ga

楽(がっ) 曲(きょく) gakkyoku musical composition 楽(がっ) 器(き) gakki musical instrument

らっ ra

楽(らっ) 観(かん) rakkan optimism 楽(らっ) 観(かん) 的(てき) rakkanteki optimistic

Words by frequency and grade

40 words

Each dot is a word containing 楽: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.

S = secondary school · 17 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.

Appears in idioms

極楽浄土四字熟語

supreme bliss, pure land

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

しろい白 white #106

幺 tiny

き木 tree #75

Used as component in (1)

くすり薬 medicine

Compound ideograph (会意). 白 (white, possibly a plectrum) flanked by 幺 (threads/strings) atop 木 (wood — instrument body). Music. Extended to pleasure.

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#75 木 tree