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U+697D, 楽
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-697D

[U+697C]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+697E]

Translingual

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Traditional
Shinjitai
Simplified

Han character

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(Kangxi radical 75, +9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 戈人木 (IOD) or 難戈人木 (XIOD), four-corner 32904, composition ⿱⿻)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 542, character 19
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15213
  • Dae Jaweon: page 930, character 20
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 8 (in addendum), page 20, character 14
  • Unihan data for U+697D

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Unorthodox variant simplified from (𢆶 (yōu) → ⿱) found in the Ming dynasty orthographic dictionary 《字學三正》. Also found in 《宋元以來俗字譜》, a variant forms dictionary compiled in 1930 that records unorthodox forms (俗字 (súzì)) that have existed since the Song dynasty.

Definitions

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For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“music; tune; melody; song; to play music; to sing; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of ).

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Japanese

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Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji

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(Second grade kyōiku kanjishinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

  1. music
  2. comfort, enjoyment
  3. ease, simplicity
  4. final day of a performance

Readings

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From Middle Chinese (MC ngaewH):

  • Go-on: ぎょう (gyō)げう (geu, historical)
  • Kan-on: ごう ()がう (gau, historical)

From Middle Chinese (MC ngaewk, “music, singing”):

From Middle Chinese (MC lak, “comfort, ease”):

From native Japanese roots:

Compounds

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
らく
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese (MC lak).

Pronunciation 1

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Adjective
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(らく) (raku-na (adnominal (らく) (raku na), adverbial (らく) (raku ni))

  1. comfortable, enjoying
    Synonym: 安楽 (anraku)
  2. easy, simple
    人生(じんせい)(らく)ではない。
    Jinsei wa raku de wa nai.
    Life is not easy.
  3. rich, wealthy
  4. uncomplicated
Inflection
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Noun
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(らく) (raku

  1. comfort, ease, enjoyment
  2. ease, simplicity
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Pronunciation 2

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Noun
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(らく) (raku

  1. Short for 千秋楽 (senshūraku): the end of a performance; a finale; the last or end of something
  2. Short for 楽焼き (Raku-yaki): rakuware
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Proper noun
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(らく) (Raku

  1. a male or female given name
  2. a surname
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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
がく
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese (MC ngaewk).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(がく) (gaku

  1. short for 音楽 (ongaku): music
  2. short for 雅楽 (gagaku): ancient-medieval Japanese court music, imported from the Chinese yayue
  3. (theater) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
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Proper noun

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(がく) (Gaku

  1. a surname

Etymology 3

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Kanji in this term
このみ
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Nominalization of the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of 好む (konomu, to like, prefer).

Proper noun

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(このみ) (Konomi

  1. a female given name

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN