The Japanese kanji for joy: 楽
漢字 Kanji 38 of 40
The kanji for joy: 楽
Pleasure and music share one character. 音楽 (ongaku) is music.
楽
- Meaning
- joy, ease; music
- Kun reading
- tano(shii) (Japanese)
- On reading
- RAKU · GAKU (from Chinese)
- Strokes
- 13
書き順Stroke order
楽 is written in 13 strokes, in this order. The red line is the new stroke at each step. Japanese is written top to bottom and left to right, and the order matters: it is what makes handwriting flow.
Stroke data from KanjiVG by Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
使い方In everyday Japanese
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 音楽 | ongaku | music |
| 楽しい | tanoshii | fun |
敬意Wearing it
Joy and ease. It also means 'easy', which just makes it read relaxed.
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