Read Edit View history Discussion 樂 yuèlèyàolào HSK3 happy, music Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts an ancient wooden stringed musical instrument. 白 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas lè ×yuè × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 乐 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts a string. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 樂 Simp strokes 樂 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 樂 Simp strokes 樂 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a string. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 樂 Simp strokes 樂 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts the wooden base of a musical instrument. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 樂 Simp strokes 樂 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 樂 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 486, 847 ], [ 511, 825 ], [ 474, 734 ], [ 475, 723 ], [ 464, 714 ], [ 466, 698 ], [ 455, 693 ] ], [ [ 398, 679 ], [ 416, 662 ], [ 424, 633 ], [ 430, 529 ], [ 426, 461 ], [ 432, 421 ] ], [ [ 439, 672 ], [ 453, 667 ], [ 521, 687 ], [ 545, 682 ], [ 563, 665 ], [ 558, 633 ], [ 563, 485 ], [ 550, 437 ], [ 549, 398 ] ], [ [ 451, 550 ], [ 472, 564 ], [ 513, 560 ] ], [ [ 454, 434 ], [ 462, 445 ], [ 507, 451 ], [ 527, 460 ] ], [ [ 258, 769 ], [ 271, 761 ], [ 286, 731 ], [ 204, 561 ], [ 200, 529 ], [ 236, 528 ], [ 277, 541 ], [ 290, 552 ] ], [ [ 329, 637 ], [ 348, 607 ], [ 318, 549 ], [ 225, 404 ], [ 219, 375 ], [ 240, 374 ], [ 301, 395 ], [ 327, 401 ], [ 332, 397 ] ], [ [ 333, 448 ], [ 359, 408 ], [ 371, 377 ] ], [ [ 695, 797 ], [ 718, 759 ], [ 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