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Etymology 1 edit

peaceful; spongy (of radishes)
 
music; happy; laugh
music; happy; laugh; cheerful
trad. (康樂)
simp. (康乐)

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 3/3
Initial () (29) (37)
Final () (101) (103)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I I
Fanqie
Baxter khang lak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰɑŋ/ /lɑk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰɑŋ/ /lɑk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰɑŋ/ /lɑk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰaŋ/ /lak̚/
Li
Rong
/kʰɑŋ/ /lɑk̚/
Wang
Li
/kʰɑŋ/ /lɑk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kʰɑŋ/ /lɑk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
kāng luò
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
hong1 lok6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 2/3 2/4
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
kāng
Middle
Chinese
‹ khang › ‹ lak ›
Old
Chinese
/*k-r̥ˁaŋ/ /*[r]ˁawk/
English tranquil; at ease joy; enjoy

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/3
No. 3981 7673
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰlaːŋ/ /*raːwɢ/

Adjective edit

康樂

  1. (literary) peaceful and happy
    康樂設施康乐设施  ―  kānglè shèshī  ―  recreational facility
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit

Proper noun edit

康樂

  1. () Kangle (a county of Linxia prefecture, Gansu, China)
  2. () Kangle (a town in Fengjie, Chongqing, China)

Etymology 2 edit

phonetic
trad. (康樂)
simp. (康乐)

Pronunciation edit


Proper noun edit

康樂

  1. (Singapore) Connacht (a province of Ireland)
    Synonyms: (Mainland China, Taiwan) 康諾特康诺特 (Kāngnuòtè), (Hong Kong) 干諾