Translingual

Han character

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

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

Chinese

Japanese

Kanji

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

1. comfort, ease
2. music

Readings

• Goon: がく (gaku), らく (raku)
• Kan’on: がく (gaku), らく (raku)
• Kun: たのしい (tanoshii), たのしむ (tanoshimu)

Compounds

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) らく​ [ràkúꜜ] (Odaka - [2])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ɾ̠a̠kɯᵝ]

Adjectival noun

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

1. comfortable, easy

Inflection

Noun

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

1. comfort, ease

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) ら​く [ráꜜkù] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ɾ̠a̠kɯᵝ]

Noun

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

1. Abbreviation of 千秋楽.

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) が​く [gáꜜkù] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1][2]
• (Tokyo) がく [gàkú] (Heiban - [0])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [ɡa̠kɯᵝ]

Noun

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

1. music

References

1. 1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. 1 2 3 4 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3