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

Glyph origin

Variant of 樂. Simplified from 樂 (𢆶 → a component which cannot be displayed independently).

The modern Japanese usage is of reform (shinjitai) nature.

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

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.)

Japanese

Shinjitai	楽
Kyūjitai	樂

Kanji

楽

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

comfort, ease
music

Readings

Goon: がく (gaku, Jōyō); ぎょう (gyō)^{←げう (geu, historical)}; らく (raku, Jōyō)
Kan’on: がく (gaku, Jōyō); らく (raku, Jōyō)
Kun: たのしい (tanoshii, 楽しい, Jōyō); たのしむ (tanoshimu, 楽しむ, Jōyō)

Compounds

音楽 (おんがく) (ongaku): music
神楽 (かぐら) (kagura): kagura
室内楽 (しつないがく) (shitsunaigaku): chamber music
楽 (たの)しい (tanoshii): fun, delightful
舞楽 (ぶがく) (bugaku): music for traditional court dances
楽天 (らくてん) (rakuten): optimism
楽天家 (らくてんか) (rakutenka): optimist
楽天主義 (らくてんしゅぎ) (rakutenshugi): optimism
楽天主義者 (らくてんしゅぎしゃ) (rakutenshugisha): optimist

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjectival noun

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

comfortable, easy
人 (じん)生 (せい)は楽 (らく)ではない。
Jinsei wa raku de wa nai.
Life is not easy.

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 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 樂, hiragana らく, rōmaji raku)

comfort, ease

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

Short for 千秋楽.

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

music

References

1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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

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[DJR-1] 1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-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