楽

楽 (radical 75, 木+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 戈人木 (IOD) or X戈人木 (XIOD), four-corner 3290₄)

• 𭢫, 檪, 𭶒, 䃯, 𮝩, 𮣏, 𪴞, 𣛙, 薬

• 樂 (Orthodox traditional form, also a Japanese kyūjitai)

• 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

Unorthodox variant simplified from 樂 (𢆶 → ⿱丷八) found in the Ming dynasty orthographic dictionary 《字學三正》. Also found in 《宋元以來俗字譜》, a variant forms dictionary compiled in 1930 that records unorthodox forms (俗字) that have existed since the Song dynasty.

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02016-003#33

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 樂)

1. music
2. comfort, enjoyment
3. ease, simplicity
4. final day of a performance

From Middle Chinese 樂 (MC ŋˠau^H):

• Go-on: ぎょう (gyō)^{←げう (geu, historical)}
• Kan-on: ごう (gō)^{←がう (gau, historical)}

From Middle Chinese 樂 (MC ŋˠʌk̚, “music, singing”):

• Go-on: がく (gaku, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: がく (gaku, Jōyō)

From Middle Chinese 樂 (MC lɑk̚, “comfort, ease”):

• Go-on: らく (raku, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: らく (raku, Jōyō)
• Kan’yō-on: ろう (rō)^{←らう (rau, historical)}

From native Japanese roots:

• Kun: このむ (konomu, 楽む); かなでる (kanaderu, 楽でる); たのしい (tanoshii, 楽しい, Jōyō); たのしむ (tanoshimu, 楽しむ, Jōyō); たのしみ (tanoshimi, 楽しみ)
• Nanori: ささ (sasa); もと (moto); よし (yoshi)

From Middle Chinese 樂 (MC lɑk̚).

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) らく​ [ràkúꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [ɾa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

楽 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 樂, -na inflection, hiragana らく, rōmaji raku)

1. comfortable, enjoying

   Synonym: 安楽 (anraku)

2. easy, simple

   人 (じん)生 (せい)は楽 (らく)ではない。

   Jinsei wa raku de wa nai.

   Life is not easy.

3. rich, wealthy
4. uncomplicated

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

1. comfort, ease, enjoyment
2. ease, simplicity

• 千 (せん)秋 (しゅう)楽 (らく), 千 (せん)穐 (しゅう)楽 (らく) (senshūraku)
• 能楽 (のうらく) (nōraku)

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ら​く [ráꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [ɾa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

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

1. Short for 千秋楽 (senshūraku): the end of a performance; a finale; the last or end of something
2. Short for 楽焼き (Raku-yaki): rakuware

• 楽 (らく)日 (び) (rakubi)

楽 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 樂, hiragana らく, rōmaji Raku)

1. a male or female given name
2. a surname

• 楽焼 (らくやき), 楽 (らく)焼 (や)き (Raku-yaki)

From Middle Chinese 樂 (MC ŋˠʌk̚).

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) が​く [gáꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
  • (Tokyo) がく [gàkú] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [ɡa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

楽 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 樂, hiragana がく, rōmaji gaku)

1. short for 音楽 (ongaku): music
2. short for 雅楽 (gagaku): ancient-medieval Japanese court music, imported from the Chinese yayue
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楽 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 樂, hiragana がく, rōmaji Gaku)

1. a surname

Nominalization of the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of 好む (konomu, “to like, prefer”).

楽 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 樂, hiragana このみ, rōmaji Konomi)

1. a female given name