楽 Kanji – music
The Japanese kanji 楽 can mean music, comfort, ease.
Meaning and Readings
How is 楽 read?
楽 has the onyomi readings ガク, ラク, ゴウ and the kunyomi readings たのしい, たのしむ, このむ.
In romaji, these readings can be written as gaku, raku, gou, tanoshii, tanoshimu, konomu.
Common Japanese Words Using 楽
These common Japanese words contain 楽. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- ファン倶楽部（ファンクラブ） — fan club
- 安楽死（あんらくし） — euthanasia
- 音楽（おんがく） — music
- 雅楽（ががく） — gagaku, ceremonial Japanese court music
- 快楽（かいらく） — pleasure
- 楽（らく） — comfort, ease, relief, (at) peace, relaxation
- 楽しい（たのしい） — enjoyable, fun, pleasant, happy, delightful
- 楽しみ（たのしみ） — enjoyment, pleasure, amusement, delight, joy, fun, diversion, hobby
- 楽しむ（たのしむ） — to enjoy, to take pleasure in, to have a good time, to have fun, to amuse oneself
- 楽園（らくえん） — paradise, Eden