lè, yuè
happy
Pictograph of an ancient wooden stringed musical instrument. The simplified character 乐 was adapted from the cursive form of the traditional character 樂.
Evolution
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 乐
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
happy | ||
music | ||
club (the organisation or its premises) (loanword) | ||
happy | ||
to entertain |
Component uses
Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)