Meaning & readings
music, comfort, ease
On’yomi ガク、ラク、ゴウ
Kun’yomi たの.しい、たの.しむ、この.む
Nanori さ、た、やす、ら
Origin
This character appears to be a picture of a musical instrument—specifically, a drum or percussion instrument with a stand. The upper part represents the drum head or resonating surface, while the lower strokes suggest the wooden frame or stand that holds it. Since music and musical performance were associated with leisure and enjoyment in ancient culture, the character naturally came to mean both "music" and the pleasure or comfort that comes from entertainment and relaxation.
AI-generated (claude-haiku-4-5), not yet reviewed. Formation type (automated guess): Pictographic or simple.
Components
This character is treated as a single, undivided shape (楽).
Common words
Reference
- Strokes
- 13
- Kangxi radical
- 75
- Grade
- Grade 2 (Kyōiku)
- Frequency rank
- #373 (newspapers)
- Former JLPT
- level 3
- Unicode
- U+0697D