ChiramiN4 kanji · 13 strokes
楽 means fun, music
楽Real origin
It began as a musical instrument on a wooden (木) stand: music, then fun and ease.
Real origin: where the kanji comes from, as far as scholars agree.
Meaning and readings
- Meanings
- music, comfort, ease
- JLPT level
- N4
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- Grade 2 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) たのしい tanoshii
たのしい (tanoshii) is the Japanese word for this kanji. You use it when the kanji stands alone or has kana after it. Dictionaries call this the kun reading.
Other Japanese readings: たのしむ tanoshimu, このむ konomu
From Chinese (onyomi) ガク gaku
ガク (gaku) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.
Other readings from Chinese: ラク raku, ゴウ gou
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Common word
楽しみ たのしみ · tanoshimi
enjoyment, pleasure
Built from
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白 Used in 29 kanji
See all 3 at N5 and N4冫 Used in 35 kanji
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What does 楽 mean?
Right: 楽 means fun, music.Not quite: 楽 means fun, music.In 楽しみ, which reading does 楽 use?
Right. 楽しみ is read たのしみ (tanoshimi): 楽 takes たの, its Japanese reading, with しみ after it.Not quite. 楽しみ is read たのしみ (tanoshimi): 楽 takes たの, its Japanese reading, with しみ after it.