樂 (lok6 ngok6 ngaau6 | le4 yue4 yao4) : joy; music; be fond of

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樂

lok6 ngok6 ngaau6

le4 yue4 yao4

[粵拼:lok6||漢語:le4]
[1] happy; glad; joyful; joyous; cheerful; elated; content; delighted; pleased [2] pleasant; agreeable; enjoyable; pleasing; comfortable [3] joy; happiness

[粵拼:ngok6 ||漢語:yue4]
[4] music [5] a surname

[粵拼:ngaau6||漢語:yao4]
[6] [v] to love; be fond of; to delight in

Stroke count: 15

Level: 2

Radical: 木 (#75)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

樂 / 乐

This word has been viewed 28543 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 10th Apr 2010 03:10

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新年快樂 san1 nin4 faai3 lok6 xin1 nian2 kuai4 le4 = Happy New Year

聖誕快樂 sing3 daan3 faai3 lok6 sheng4 dan4 kuai4 le4 = Merry Christmas

可樂 ho2 lok6 = cola

可口可樂 ho2 hau2 ho2 lok6 ke3 kou3 ke3 le4 = Coca-Cola

樂器 ngok6 hei3 yue4 qi4 = musical instrument

歡樂 fun1 lok6 huan1 le4 = happy; joyous

快樂 faai3 lok6 kuai4 le4 = happy; joyous

生日快樂 saang1 jat6 faai3 lok6 sheng1 ri4 kuai4 le4 = Happy Birthday!

音樂 jam1 ngok6 yin1 yue4 = music

音樂家 jam1 ngok6 gaa1 yin1 yue4 jia1 = musician
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Showing all 4 examples containing 樂

祝你生日快樂！
Wishing you a Happy Birthday!

祝你新年快樂！
Wishing you a happy new year!

我相當快樂。國
I am fairly happy.

古典音樂我比較鐘意長笛獨奏粵
As far as classical music is concerned, I prefer solo flute.
[Lit. classical music, I comparatively like flute solo ]

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Decimal representation of this word: 樂
Unicode code for this character: U+6a02 (off-site link)

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