Kanji1 / 13
楽 kanji
music, comfort, ease
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
ガクラクゴウ
Kun readings
たのしいたのしむこのむ
Variant forms
樂Words with 楽
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —楽部Music Department (part of the Board of Ceremonies of the Imperial Household Agency)
- —楽箏ancient type of koto with 13 strings used in Gagaku music
- —楽語words used to describe tempo, dynamics, etc. in music; musical terminology
- —式楽ceremonial music
- —女楽music performed by women; women who performed court Bugaku music and dance
- —燕楽Ancient Chinese banquet music
- —聖楽church music; sacred music
- —正楽court music; gagaku
- —雑楽popular music
- —楽所gagaku training place (Heian era); place for playing instruments
- —道楽form of gagaku performed while marching
- —管楽wind music
- —新楽new music; shingaku (post-Tang dynasty gagaku piece)
- —楽校fun school (usu. involving experiential learning in the outdoors)
- —音楽会concert; recital
- —音楽史music history
- —管楽器wind instrument
- —軍楽手military bandsman
- —軍楽隊military or naval band
- —軍楽長military band master