楽 — comfort, pleasure, music
らく
楽
comfort
Grade 2
Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school.
13 strokes
emotion
art
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.
Meanings
- comfort
- pleasure
- music
- ease
- enjoyment
word
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).
かく ・がく kaku On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
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).
かっ ・がっ ka 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).
らっ ra 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).
Appears in idioms
Components
Composed of
Used as component in (1)
Compound ideograph (会意). 白 (white, possibly a plectrum) flanked by 幺 (threads/strings) atop 木 (wood — instrument body). Music. Extended to pleasure.