乐, originally a pictographic character of a wooden musical instrument, serves as a phonetic component to form characters.
In modern Chinese, 乐 means:
A.adjective: happy
For examples:
以…为乐
take joy in sth
她心里乐开了花。
Her heart was filled with joy. 乐极生悲, 欢乐
B.verb
1.（乐于） enjoy
乐此不疲, 津津乐道, 幸灾乐祸
2. informal （笑） laugh
乐得合不上嘴 laugh broadly 傻乐
Characters related to a musical instrument
Characters formed by the phonetic component 乐
砾 栎 轹 栎 跞瓅 lì lì lì lì lì lì
烁 铄 shuò shuò
泺 luò
Common words and set phrases of 乐
- 快乐
- 娱乐
- 乐观
- 乐趣
- 伯乐
- 音乐
- 欢乐
- 乐天
- 乐府
- 嘉乐
- 乐此不疲
- 津津乐道
- 天伦之乐
- 不亦乐乎
- 寻欢作乐
- 清平乐
- 合家欢乐
- 助人为乐
- 安居乐业
- 乐不思蜀