楽

楽 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 戈人木 (IOD) or 難戈人木 (XIOD), four-corner 3290₄, composition ⿱⿰𪞜⿱丿丶木)

• 檪, 䃯, 薬

• 樂 (Orthodox traditional form, also a Japanese kyūjitai)

• 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

Unorthodox variant simplified from 樂 (𢆶 (yōu) → ⿱丷八) 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.

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02016-003#33

(Second grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 樂)

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

From Middle Chinese 樂 (MC ngaewH):

• Go-on: ぎょう (gyō)^{←げう (geu, historical)}
• Kan-on: ごう (gō)^{←がう (gau, historical)}

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

• Go-on: がく (gaku, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: がく (gaku, Jōyō)

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

• Go-on: らく (raku, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: らく (raku, Jōyō)
• Kan’yō-on: ろう (rō)^{←らう (rau, historical)}

From native Japanese roots:

• Kun: このむ (konomu, 楽む)、かなでる (kanaderu, 楽でる)、たのしい (tanoshii, 楽しい, Jōyō)、たのしむ (tanoshimu, 楽しむ, Jōyō)、たのしみ (tanoshimi, 楽しみ)
• Nanori: ささ (sasa)、もと (moto)、よし (yoshi)

From Middle Chinese 樂 (MC lak).

• (Tokyo) らく [ràkúꜜ] (Odaka – [2])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ɾa̠kɯ̟]

楽(らく) • (raku) -na (adnominal 楽(らく)な (raku na), adverbial 楽(らく)に (raku ni))

1. comfortable, enjoying

   Synonym: 安楽 (anraku)

2. easy, simple

   人生(じんせい)は楽(らく)ではない。

   Jinsei wa raku de wa nai.

   Life is not easy.

3. rich, wealthy
4. uncomplicated

楽(らく) • (raku) 

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

• 千秋(せんしゅう)楽(らく), 千穐(せんしゅう)楽(らく) (senshūraku)
• 能楽(のうらく) (nōraku)

楽(らく)する • (raku suru) suru (stem 楽(らく)し (raku shi), past 楽(らく)した (raku shita))

1. to take the path of least resistance; to do what is easy

   あんたよくもそんなの言(い)って、実(じつ)はただ楽(らく)したいだろ。

   Anta yoku mo sonnano itte, jitsu wa tada raku shitai daro.

   You're saying all that, but you actually just wanna take it easy, no?

• (Tokyo) らく [ráꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ɾa̠kɯ̟]

楽(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

• 楽(らく)日(び) (rakubi)

楽(らく) • (Raku) 

1. a unisex given name
2. a surname

• 楽焼(らくやき), 楽(らく)焼(や)き (Raku-yaki)

From Middle Chinese 樂 (MC ngaewk).

• (Tokyo) がく [gáꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1][2]
• (Tokyo) がく [gàkú] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [ɡa̠kɯ̟]

楽(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}}.

楽(がく) • (Gaku) 

1. a surname

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

楽(このみ) • (Konomi) 

1. a female given name

楽

1. alternative form of 樂(chữ Hán form of nhạc (“music (as a hobby or object of enjoyment)”))