がく

See also: かく and かぐ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of がく – see the following entries.

【学】1 [noun]scholarship; learning; knowledge [suffix]-ology; -ics; study of... [proper noun]A male given name 【楽】2 [noun]short for 音楽 (ongaku): music [noun]short for 雅楽 (gagaku): ancient-medieval Japanese court music, imported from the Chinese yayue [proper noun]a surname 【額】5 [noun]framed picture [noun]sum, amount 【岳】S [proper noun]A male given name 【顎】S [noun]jaw 【愕】H 【萼】H [noun](botany) a calyx (collective term for sepals)

(This term, がく, is the hiragana spelling of several Sino-Japanese terms.) For a list of all kanji with on'yomi がく, not just those used in Sino-Japanese terms, see Category:Japanese kanji with on reading がく.