悅樂

See also: 悦乐 and 悦楽

Chinese

		pleased	music; happy; laugh music; happy; laugh; cheerful
trad. (悅樂)		悅	樂
simp. (悦乐)		悦	乐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuèlè

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ ㄌㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut⁶ lok⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuèlè
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ㄌㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuèlè
    • Wade–Giles: yüeh⁴-lê⁴
    • Yale: ywè-lè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuehleh
    • Palladius: юэлэ (juelɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ lɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyut⁶ lok⁶
    • Yale: yuht lohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyt⁹ lok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yud⁶ log⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːt̚² lɔːk̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: ywet lak

Rime
Character	悅	樂
Reading #	1/1	3/3
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	薛 (82)	鐸 (103)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	弋雪切	盧各切
Baxter	ywet	lak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiuᴇt̚/	/lɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/jʷiɛt̚/	/lɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/juæt̚/	/lɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jwiat̚/	/lak̚/
Li Rong	/iuɛt̚/	/lɑk̚/
Wang Li	/jĭuɛt̚/	/lɑk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯wɛt̚/	/lɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuè	luò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyut6	lok6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*lot  [r]ˤawk/

  (Zhengzhang): /*lod  raːwɢ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	悅	樂
Reading #	1/1	2/4
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yuè	lè
Middle Chinese	‹ ywet ›	‹ lak ›
Old Chinese	/*lot/	/*[r]ˁawk/
English	pleased	joy; enjoy
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	悅	悅	樂
Reading #	1/2	2/2	2/3
No.	2573	2575	7673
Phonetic component	兑	兑	樂
Rime group	月	月	藥
Rime subdivision	3	3	1
Corresponding MC rime	悅	悅	落
Old Chinese	/*lod/	/*lod/	/*raːwɢ/

Adjective

悅樂

1. happy; delighted

   • 軍人悅樂，遂作河梁之詩，曰：“渡河梁兮渡河梁，舉兵所伐攻秦王……” [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     军人悦乐，遂作河梁之诗，曰：“渡河梁兮渡河梁，举兵所伐攻秦王……” [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: circa 1^st century CE, 趙曄,《吳越春秋》

     jūnrén yuèlè, suì zuò héliáng zhī shī, yuē: “Dù héliáng xī dù héliáng, jǔbīng suǒ fá gōng Qín wáng......” [Pinyin]

     The soldiers were cheerful, and hence composed Poem of River Bridge: crossing the river bridge, o, crossing the river bridge, let's raise troops to assault the King of Qin...

Synonyms

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• 和樂 / 和乐 (hélè) (happy and harmonious)
• 喜悅 / 喜悦 (xǐyuè) (formal)
• 喜樂 / 喜乐 (xǐlè)
• 喜歡 / 喜欢
• 喜滋滋 (xǐzīzī)
• 喜躍 / 喜跃 (xǐyuè) (formal)
• 夷悅 / 夷悦 (yíyuè) (literary)
• 夷愉 (yíyú) (literary, happy and harmonious)
• 安樂 / 安乐 (ānlè) (peaceful and happy)
• 康樂 / 康乐 (kānglè) (literary, peaceful and happy)
• 忻悅 / 忻悦 (xīnyuè) (literary)
• 快意 (kuàiyì)
• 快樂 / 快乐 (kuàilè)
• 快活 (kuàihuo)
• 怡悅 / 怡悦 (yíyuè) (literary)
• 悅意 / 悦意 (yuèyì)
• 悅懌 / 悦怿 (yuèyì) (literary)
• 愉快
• 愉悅 / 愉悦 (yúyuè)
• 暢快 / 畅快 (chàngkuài)
• 樂滋滋 / 乐滋滋 (lèzīzī)
• 欣喜 (xīnxǐ)
• 欣忭 (xīnbiàn) (literary)
• 欣悅 / 欣悦 (xīnyuè)
• 歡喜 / 欢喜 (huānxǐ)
• 歡娛 / 欢娱 (huānyú) (literary)
• 歡快 / 欢快 (huānkuài)
• 歡悅 / 欢悦 (huānyuè) (literary)
• 歡愉 / 欢愉 (huānyú) (literary)
• 歡暢 / 欢畅 (huānchàng)
• 歡樂 / 欢乐 (huānlè)
• 歡躍 / 欢跃 (huānyuè) (formal)
• 爽 (shuǎng)
• 爽神 (shuǎngshén) (literary or Southern Min)
• 痛快 (tòngkuài)
• 舒暢 / 舒畅 (shūchàng)
• 開心 / 开心 (kāixīn)
• 高興 / 高兴 (gāoxìng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
悅	樂
えつ Hyōgai	らく Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 悅樂 – see the following entry.

【悦楽えつらく】 [noun] enjoyment; satisfaction [verb] to enjoy, to take pleasure; to find satisfaction

(This term, 悅樂, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
悅	樂

Noun

悅樂 • (yeollak) (hangeul 열락)

1. hanja form^? of 열락 (“enjoyment”)