漢字城 Kanji Fortress

楽 music

Also: enjoy

On'yomi
ガク、ラク
Kun'yomi
たの-しい、たの-しむ
Strokes
13
JLPT
N4
Taught in
Primary school, year 2

In the kun'yomi, the kana after a dash are written after the kanji (okurigana): たの-しい.

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. 12
  13. 13
楽 is written in 13 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

A white (白) drum with icy (冫) sticks on either side, mounted on a wooden (木) stand — playing music is pure enjoyment.

A common word

  • 音楽 おんがく music

Example sentences

  • りょこうはとてもたのしかったです。

    The trip was a lot of fun.

  • あねはおんがくのせんせいです。

    My older sister is a music teacher.

Kanji that share a part

木 is its radical. 134 kanji share it in all.

冫 is a component. 20 kanji share it in all.