U+697D "楽" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+697D "楽" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) and Japanese kanji that primarily means "music," "comfort," or "ease," with its core semantic concept revolving around pleasure and enjoyment. In Chinese, it is pronounced *lè* or *yuè*, where *yuè* specifically denotes music and *lè* signifies happiness or delight, while in Japanese it is read as *raku* or *gaku*, carrying similar meanings of comfort, ease, or music. Historically, it appears in important cultural terms such as the Chinese concept of "快乐" (kuàilè meaning happiness) and the Japanese "楽しい" (tanoshii meaning fun), reflecting its broad utility across East Asian languages. The character is classified under the Kangxi radical 木 (wood) and contains 13 strokes, with its traditional form being 樂, from which the simplified and Japanese shinjitai form "楽" derives.