楽

See also: 樂 and 乐

楽	U+697D, 楽 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-697D

← 楼
[U+697C]

CJK Unified Ideographs

楾 →
[U+697E]

Translingual

Traditional	樂
Shinjitai	楽
Simplified	乐

Han character

楽 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 戈人木 (IOD) or X戈人木 (XIOD), four-corner 3290₄, composition ⿱⿻白⿱丷八木)

Derived characters

𭢫, 檪, 𭶒, 䃯, 𮝩, 𮣏, 𪴞, 𣛙, 薬

Related characters

樂 (Orthodox traditional form, also a Japanese kyūjitai)

References

KangXi: not present, would follow page 542, character 19
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15213
Dae Jaweon: page 930, character 20
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 8 (in addendum), page 20, character 14
Unihan data for U+697D

Chinese

Glyph origin

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.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 楽 – see 樂 (“music; tune; melody; song; to play music; to sing; etc.”). (This character, 楽, is a variant form of 樂.)

References

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

Japanese

Shinjitai	楽
Kyūjitai	樂

Kanji

楽

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

music
comfort, enjoyment
ease, simplicity
final day of a performance

Readings

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)

Compounds

楽楽(らくらく) (rakuraku)
楽器(がっき) (gakki)
楽章(がくしょう) (gakushō)
能楽(のうがく) (nōgaku)
能楽師(のうがくし) (nōgakushi)
楽団(がくだん) (gakudan)
楽(がく)府(ふ) (gakufu)
楽(がく)譜(ふ) (gakufu)
楽園(らくえん) (rakuen)
楽観(らっかん) (rakkan)
楽勝(らくしょう) (rakushō)
楽天(らくてん) (rakuten, “optimism”)
安楽(あんらく) (anraku)
逸楽(いつらく), 佚楽(いつらく) (itsuraku)
快楽(かいらく) (kairaku)
享楽(きょうらく) (kyōraku)
快(け)楽(らく) (keraku)
行楽(こうらく) (kōraku)
後楽(こうらく) (kōraku)
極楽(ごくらく) (gokuraku)
娯(ご)楽(らく) (goraku)
道楽(どうらく) (dōraku)
伯楽(はくらく) (hakuraku)
右(う)楽(がく) (ugaku)
音楽(おんがく) (ongaku, “music”)
雅(が)楽(がく) (gagaku)
器(き)楽(がく) (kigaku)
五(ご)楽(がく) (gogaku)
左(さ)楽(がく) (sagaku)
昇楽(しょうがく) (shōgaku)
声楽(せいがく) (seigaku)
奏楽(そうがく) (sōgaku)
舞(ぶ)楽(がく) (bugaku, “music for traditional court dances”)
気(き)楽(らく) (kiraku)
五(ご)楽(らく) (goraku)
楽府(がふ) (gafu)
神楽(かぐら) (kagura, “kagura”)
独楽(こま) (koma)
催馬楽(さいばら) (Saibara)
伯楽(ばくろう) (bakurō)
安楽(やすらい) (yasurai)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
楽
らく Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
樂 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 樂 (MC lɑk̚).

Pronunciation 1

On’yomi

(Tokyo) らく [ràkúꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [ɾa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Adjective

楽(らく) • (raku) -na (adnominal 楽(らく)な (raku na), adverbial 楽(らく)に (raku ni), kyūjitai 樂)

comfortable, enjoying
Synonym: 安楽 (anraku)
easy, simple
人生(じんせい)は楽(らく)ではない。
Jinsei wa raku de wa nai.
Life is not easy.
rich, wealthy
uncomplicated

Inflection

Inflection of 楽

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	楽だろ	らくだろ	raku daro
Continuative (連用形)	楽で	らくで	raku de
Terminal (終止形)	楽だ	らくだ	raku da
Attributive (連体形)	楽な	らくな	raku na
Hypothetical (仮定形)	楽なら	らくなら	raku nara
Imperative (命令形)	楽であれ	らくであれ	raku de are
Key constructions
Informal negative	楽ではない楽じゃない	らくではないらくじゃない	raku de wa nai raku ja nai
Informal past	楽だった	らくだった	raku datta
Informal negative past	楽ではなかった楽じゃなかった	らくではなかったらくじゃなかった	raku de wa nakatta raku ja nakatta
Formal	楽です	らくです	raku desu
Formal negative	楽ではありません楽じゃありません	らくではありませんらくじゃありません	raku de wa arimasen raku ja arimasen
Formal past	楽でした	らくでした	raku deshita
Formal negative past	楽ではありませんでした楽じゃありませんでした	らくではありませんでしたらくじゃありませんでした	raku de wa arimasen deshita raku ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive	楽で	らくで	raku de
Conditional	楽なら（ば）	らくなら（ば）	raku nara (ba)
Provisional	楽だったら	らくだったら	raku dattara
Volitional	楽だろう	らくだろう	raku darō
Adverbial	楽に	らくに	raku ni
Degree	楽さ	らくさ	rakusa

Noun

楽(らく) • (raku) (kyūjitai 樂)

comfort, ease, enjoyment
ease, simplicity

Derived terms

千秋(せんしゅう)楽(らく), 千穐(せんしゅう)楽(らく) (senshūraku)
能楽(のうらく) (nōraku)

Pronunciation 2

On’yomi

(Tokyo) らく [ráꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [ɾa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

楽(らく) • (raku) (kyūjitai 樂)

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

Derived terms

楽(らく)日(び) (rakubi)

Proper noun

楽(らく) • (Raku) (kyūjitai 樂)

a male or female given name
a surname

Derived terms

楽焼(らくやき), 楽(らく)焼(や)き (Raku-yaki)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
楽
がく Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
樂 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 樂 (MC ŋˠʌk̚).

Pronunciation

On’yomi

(Tokyo) がく [gáꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
(Tokyo) がく [gàkú] (Heiban – [0])[2]
IPA^(key): [ɡa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

楽(がく) • (gaku) (kyūjitai 樂)

short for 音楽 (ongaku): music
short for 雅楽 (gagaku): ancient-medieval Japanese court music, imported from the Chinese yayue
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Derived terms

楽(がく)屋(や) (gakuya)
右(う)方(ほう)の楽(がく) (uhō no gaku)
高麗(こま)楽(がく), 狛楽(こまがく) (Koma-gaku)
左(さ)方(ほう)の楽(がく) (sahō no gaku)
室内(しつない)楽(がく) (shitsunai-gaku, “chamber music”)
能楽(のうがく) (nōgaku)
昇(のぼ)り楽(がく), 登(のぼ)り楽(がく) (noborigaku)
度羅(とら)楽(がく), 吐羅(とら)楽(がく) (Tora-gaku)
邦楽(ほうがく) (hōgaku)
道楽(みちがく) (michigaku)
洋楽(ようがく) (yōgaku)

Proper noun

楽(がく) • (Gaku) (kyūjitai 樂)

a surname

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
楽
このみ Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
樂 (kyūjitai)

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

Proper noun

楽(このみ) • (Konomi) (kyūjitai 樂)

a female given name

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

[DJR-1] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN