The kanji 楽: meaning, readings and stroke order

楽

Meaning: fun, music
On reading: ガク gaku、ラク raku
Kun reading: たの（しい） tanoshii、たの（しむ） tanoshimu
Strokes: 13
Radical: 木 tree
Level: Level 2 · grade 2
Old form: 樂

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: vui, âm nhạc (lạc)
Japanese: たのしい。おんがく。
Korean: 즐겁다, 음악 (낙·락·악·요)
Chinese: 快乐、音乐 (乐)

Readings, words and example sentences

ガク gaku · on reading

音おん楽がく
music
音おん楽がく室でみんなと歌います。
I sing with everyone in the music room.

ラク raku · on reading

気き楽らく
relaxed, easygoing
気き楽らくに話してください。
Feel free to talk.

たの（しい） tanoshii · kun reading

楽たのしい
fun
今日はとても 楽たのしい 日でした。
Today was a really fun day.

たの（しむ） tanoshimu · kun reading

楽たのしむ
to enjoy
夏の海を 楽たのしみます。
I enjoy the sea in summer.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.