樂

Alternative forms

 * In mainland China (for its traditional form based on ), Japanese, Korean  and Vietnamese Nôm, the bottom component is written , which is the historical form found in the.
 * In Taiwan and Hong Kong (based on the encoding standard), the bottom component is written  without a hook instead.
 * Three exist at ,   and  . All three forms are the same as the form used in Korean.

Related characters

 * (Japanese )

Glyph origin
– strings on a piece of wood, i.e. a wooden musical instrument.

The oracle bone form shows two strings connected to the wood. In the bronze inscriptions, a component was added in between the two strings, which may either represent the thumb (fiddling) or a phonetic part.

Etymology

 * “music; joyful”
 * The etymological relationship between “music” and “joy” has been discussed in and . Unger draws comparison with the following semantic parallelism in Tibetan:  and.
 * Also comparable is 🇨🇬 and, whence 🇨🇬 and.

Definitions

 * 1) music; tune; melody; song
 * 2)  to play music; to sing
 * 3)  musician
 * 4)  musical instrument
 * 1)  to play music; to sing
 * 2)  musician
 * 3)  musical instrument
 * 1)  musician
 * 2)  musical instrument
 * 1)  musical instrument

Usage notes
The surname is different from the surname.

Definitions

 * 1) joyful; happy; glad
 * 2) happiness; joy; pleasure
 * 3)  lasciviousness; lechery; decadence
 * 4) to laugh; to smile
 * 5) to enjoy; to love
 * 6) 24th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "joy" (𝌝)
 * 1) happiness; joy; pleasure
 * 2)  lasciviousness; lechery; decadence
 * 3) to laugh; to smile
 * 4) to enjoy; to love
 * 5) 24th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "joy" (𝌝)
 * 1) to enjoy; to love
 * 2) 24th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "joy" (𝌝)
 * 1) 24th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "joy" (𝌝)
 * 1) 24th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "joy" (𝌝)
 * 1) 24th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "joy" (𝌝)
 * 1) 24th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "joy" (𝌝)

Usage notes
The surname is different from the surname.

Definitions

 * 1)  to be fond of; to enjoy; to appreciate

Readings
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Etymology 3
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