Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N4

373 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 13

Meaning: music, comfort, ease

Kunyomi: たの.しい たの.しむ この.む

Onyomi: ガク ラク ゴウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading:

Meaning: tree

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

器(がっき)   musical instrument

(おんがく)   music

な(らくな)   comfortable

園(らくえん)   paradise

観する(らっかんする)   be optimistic

観的な(らっかんてきな)   optimistic

しい(たのしい)   fun

しみ(たのしみ)   enjoyment

しむ(たのしむ)   enjoy oneself

Onyomi Examples

ガク music, old Japanese court music, gagaku

ガクショウ (musical) movement

ホウガク Japanese music (esp. traditional Japanese music)

室内 シツナイガク chamber music

ラク comfort, ease, relief, (at) peace, relaxation, easy, simple, without trouble, without hardships, (economically) comfortable, raku pottery, sukha (happiness)

ラクエン paradise, Eden, Elysium

千秋 センシュウラク concluding festivities, concluding program, concluding programme, final day of a tournament

コウラク outing, excursion, pleasure trip, going on a picnic

サルガク sarugaku (form of theatre popular in Japan during the 11th to 14th centuries), noh, fooling around

Kunyomi Examples

しい たのしい enjoyable, fun, pleasant, happy, delightful

しい思い出 たのしいおもいで happy memory, sweet memory

しむ たのしむ to enjoy, to take pleasure in, to have a good time, to have fun, to look forward to