U+4E50 "乐" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+4E50 "乐" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "happy," "joyful," or "music," and it appears in both Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese forms, with the latter being 樂 (U+6A02). This character is a key component in many common words, such as 快乐 (kuàilè, meaning "happiness") and 音乐 (yīnyuè, meaning "music"), reflecting its dual semantic fields of emotional pleasure and artistic sound. Historically, 乐 evolved from pictographic origins depicting a stringed musical instrument, and its usage spans classical poetry, modern compound words, and even as a surname. In Unicode, it belongs to the CJK Unified Ideographs block, encoding a richly layered character that bridges ancient cultural expressions and contemporary everyday language.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
乐 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
乐 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE4 0xB9 0x90 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x4E50 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00004E50 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u4e50 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII |
27454E |
| kCangjie |
HVD |
| kCantonese |
lok6 |
| kDefinition |
happy, glad; enjoyable; music |
| kEACC |
27454E |
| kFourCornerCode |
7290 |
| kGB0 |
3254 |
| kHanYu |
10037.050 |
| kHanyuPinlu |
lè(283) yuè(54) |
| kIICore |
AG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian |
10037.050 |
| kIRGKangXi |
0082.131 |
| kIRG_GSource |
G0-4056 |
| kIRG_KPSource |
KP1-4A67 |
| kTGH |
2013:287 |
| kKangXi |
0082.131 |
| kMainlandTelegraph |
2867 |
| kMandarin |
lè |
| kPhonetic |
972 |
| kRSUnicode |
4.4 |
| kSimplifiedVariant |
"乐" U+4E50 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index |
8.14 |
| kTGHZ2013 |
212.030:lè 453.020:yuè |
| kTotalStrokes |
5 |
| kTraditionalVariant |
"乐" U+4E50 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
"樂" U+6A02 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 |
G |
| kXHC1983 |
0683.040:lè 1430.060:yuè |