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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: 白 冫 木

楽

Radical

Radical: 木

Reading: き

Meaning: tree

Strokes: 4

⽊

Examples

Examples with audio

楽器(がっき)   musical instrument

音楽(おんがく)   music

楽な(らくな)   comfortable

楽園(らくえん)   paradise

楽観する(らっかんする)   be optimistic

楽観的な(らっかんてきな)   optimistic

楽しい(たのしい)   fun

楽しみ(たのしみ)   enjoyment

楽しむ(たのしむ)   enjoy oneself

Onyomi Examples

楽 (ガク) music, old Japanese court music, gagaku

楽章 (ガクショウ) movement

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

室内楽 (シツナイガク) chamber music

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

楽園 (ラクエン) paradise, Eden

千秋楽 (センシュウラク) final day of a performance, closing date, final show, final day of a tournament

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

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

Kunyomi Examples

楽しい (たのしい) enjoyable, fun, pleasant, happy, delightful

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

楽しむ (たのしむ) to enjoy, to take pleasure in, to have a good time, to have fun, to amuse oneself, to look forward to

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