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楽

楽 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “music”. It is built from 木 (tree) and 白 (white). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1872. It appears as a component in 1 other character in this index.

Keyword
music
RTK frame
1872
Strokes
13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ガク, ラク, ゴウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
たの.しい, たの.しむ, この.む
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
музыка, comfort
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
楽 happy

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. prim-sparkler
  2. 木 tree
  3. 白 white

Characters that contain 楽

How to find 楽 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “tree” + “white”. 楽 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 楽 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.