楽 happy, ease, laughing, comfort, relief, pleasure, enjoy, fun, bliss; musical 十,㒵,冫,柏,皁,丷,白,ハ,木,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

ガク　･　ラク　･　ゴウ
GA　KU　･　RA　KU　･　GO　U

Kun-yomi

たの(しい　･　たの(しむ　･　この(む
ta　no　shi　i　･　ta　no　shi　mu　･　ko　no　mu

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

十

ジュウ,ジッ,ジュッ,とお filled completely, perfectly full; screwing, rotating, twisting, turning; crossed shape; closing a hole or other opening, plugged, blocked; needle; ten

　VERTICALLY and HORIZONTALLY
…or: TOP TO BOTTOM and SIDE TO SIDE
　

㒵

×,かお appearance, form, face, manner in which one carries or conducts oneself

　OPEN-MOUTHED, CONSPICUOUS, BLANK, EMPTY, STARING IN A STUPOR and EMITTED
…or: emphasis on TONGUING MOUTH, SPEAKING and EMITTED
　

冫

ヒョウ,こおり drip by drip; cooling process, congeal, change between two physical states, to freeze up, cease motion

　variant of TWO
…or: emphasis marker DRIP with HEAD SLIDING
　

柏

ハク,ヒャク,ビャク,かしわ white oak; daimyo oak, Japanese emperor oak; hard wood

　WOOD and WHITE, CONSPICUOUS emphasis on TONGUING MOUTH
　

皁

ソウ,しもべ menial male servant, black, conspicuously blackened and foamy orifice while staring in a stupor, to be rear-ended, to run into another from behind

　EMPHASIS on COMING EARLY, FAST, HASTEN, PROMPT
…or: OPEN-MOUTHED, CONSPICUOUSLY STARING IN A STUPOR and ROTATE, TWISTING
…or: emphasis on ROD in ORIFICE, HAVING A REASON with SCREWING
…or: WHITE with SCREWING
　

丷

× emit upward

　EMISSIONS, EMIT DROPS
　

白

ハク,ビャク,しろ,しら～ open-mouthed, conspicuous, white, blank, empty, staring in a stupor, to make clear, inspection

　emphasis marker above TONGUE IN MOUTH
…or: emphasis marker above ROD in MOUTH
　

ハ

× HTML entity: ハ emit downward

　EMISSIONS, EMIT DROPS
…or: HEAD TAUT
　

木

ボク,モク,き,こ～ wood, woody stalk, stem, wooden, a woody, tree, implanted, simple, simpleton, coffin, encased death, unfeeling, numb

　TWISTING a TAUT HEAD
…or: SCREWING EMISSIONS
…or: HAND on TAUT ROD
　

Meanings of elements

SCREWING in FACE with DRIPPING on both sides
…or: HARD WOODY that EMITS IN ALL DIRECTIONS
…or: MENIAL MALE SERVANT, CONSPICUOUSLY BLACKENED FOAMY ORIFICE WHILE STARING IN A STUPOR, TO BE REAR-ENDED, TO RUN INTO ANOTHER FROM BEHIND with EMIT UPWARD SPURTING
…or: OPEN-MOUTHED, CONSPICUOUSLY WHITE EMPTY, STARING IN A STUPOR, MAKE CLEAR, INSPECTION with EMISSIONS UPWARD AND DOWNWARD with WOODY STALK, SCREWING EMISSIONS
…or: STICKY FLUID with EMISSIONS and RUNNING INTO ANOTHER FROM BEHIND

[Japanese variant]「emissions in all directions」of「white, conspicuous, staring in a stupor open-mouthed」with「woody」that leaves very little to the imagination. Formerly those emission elements were「loose dripping, stinky and sticky」on each side,「hollering, most tender, youngest ones」with「screwing emissions」(樂)…combinations that need no further explanation as woody spurts.
Same upper elements with「hemp」(朩) or「mulberry tree」perhaps referring to the many whitish, sticky, stinky, fine, fiber-like structures covering a mature cannabis flower that when ingested cause some pleasant side effects: HAPPY, EASE, COMFORT, RELIEF, PLEASURE, JOY, FUN, BLISS, MUSICAL. Yet, unripe female flower clusters of the mulberry tree also appear as「white fibers」but are reputedly a bit toxic and hallucinogenic if eaten, with some nasty side effects:
「Although humans may consume ripe mulberry fruit, ingestion of unripe fruit can result in stomach upset, stimulation of the nervous system and hallucinations.」
[ https://weedguide.cfaes.osu.edu/singlerecord.asp?id=77 2023-05-17 ]
…doesn't sound like much fun, bliss, happiness, ease, comfort or pleasure.

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: Japanese variant of 樂|乐; Japanese variant of 樂|乐
Japanese EDRDG: music, comfort, ease
Unihan extended: happy, glad; enjoyable; music

Used within names (nanori)
さ　･　た　･　やす　･　ら

Always keep in mind that these glyphs most likely were originally designed by groups of clever old men as vulgar riddles for their own entertainment (see 籒 for that), representing Chinese society many thousands of years ago, but intended NOT as a written or spoken language when created. If these glyphs had been intended for language use, the sages could not have possibly designed a worse system! Is it truly possible that all these glyphs started out as off-color jokes and puzzles? Yes! It is, and often with multiple correct answers to each riddle, the same as is true today. Sex had no shame in ancient China. Why would it? But, have there been necessary rewrites and altered explanations of the original elemental meanings over the centuries?

No one is suggesting these glyphs depict contemporary life in China, Japan, or anywhere else. This site describes glyph meanings, not people. These glyphs however, describe many and various things, including people, long before there were any notions of becoming politically incorrect. The question to be answered is, should these glyphs continue being used, by anyone, anywhere, for expressing language? (More...) Despite how seemingly bad our human existence is today, do you actually believe that the so-called good old days were any better? Or could they have been worse?

By the way, with a limited number of the same elements used by the sages again and again to form these glyphs, you should expect to find the same explanations again and again, as tedious as that may become, and as an inherent trait of any lexicon. This site explains multiple meanings of glyphs ignored or censored by other sources, generally as being too embarrassing to admit today.