楽 – music, comfort, ease

13 strokesTaught in grade 2#373 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 楽 means music, comfort, ease. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ガク、ラク、ゴウ (gaku, raku, gou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is たの.しい、たの.しむ、この.む (tanoshii, tanoshimu, konomu). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 木 (no. 75).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ガク	gaku
On’yomi	ラク	raku
On’yomi	ゴウ	gou
Kun’yomi	たの.しい	tanoshii
Kun’yomi	たの.しむ	tanoshimu
Kun’yomi	この.む	konomu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 木 (Kangxi radical 75). Components: 白・木・冫.

Words using 楽

音楽おんがくmusic楽しいたのしいenjoyable楽むたのしむto enjoy楽しみたのしみenjoyment楽らくcomfort楽器がっきmusical instrument娯楽ごらくamusement極楽ごくらくSukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land)楽譜がくふscore楽観らっかんoptimism

Example sentences

あの音楽は彼の気にさわる。

That music gets on his nerves.

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あなたと一緒にいて楽しかった。

I really enjoyed your company.

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グレイ先生は仕事を楽しんでいませんでした。

Mr Grey did not enjoy his job.

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Kanji with the same radical

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