Hanja Analyzer
樂

樂 — rak, ak, yo

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
즐길 락, 노래 악, 좋아할 요
Romanization
rak, ak, yo
English
happy, glad; enjoyable; music
Mandarin
lè
Japanese on'yomi
ガク, ラク, リョウ, ゴウ, ギョウ
Japanese kun'yomi
たの.しい たの.しむ この.む
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Japanese standard form
楽 (Grade 2)
Strokes
15
Radical
木 (75, 11 residual)
Unicode
U+6A02

How 樂 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 樂 as a ideographic compound involving 絲, 木.

Korean example words with 樂

  • 고악古樂 Korean gloss: 옛날 음악
  • 동락同樂 Korean gloss: 같이 즐김
  • 유락遊樂 Korean gloss: 놀며 즐김
  • 기악妓樂 Korean gloss: 기생의 풍류
  • 선악仙樂 Korean gloss: 신선의 풍악
  • 악계樂界 Korean gloss: 음악가들의 사회
  • 악단樂壇 Korean gloss: 음악가들의 사회
  • 음락淫樂 Korean gloss: 음란하게 놀고 즐김
  • 악공樂工 Korean gloss: 음악을 연주하는 사람
  • 악풍樂風 Korean gloss: 음악의 전반적인 느낌
  • 관악管樂 Korean gloss: 관악기로 연주하는 음악
  • 영락榮樂 Korean gloss: 생활이 영화롭고 즐거움

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Characters sharing the phonetic 樂

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “락”

Other hanja with radical 木

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