楽太鼓

Japanese

Kanji in this term
楽	太	鼓
がく Grade: 2	たい > だい Grade: 2	こ Grade: S
kan'on

Alternative spelling
樂太鼓 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

楽 (“music”) +‎ 太鼓 (“drum”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) がくだいこ [gàkúdáꜜìkò] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ɡa̠kɯ̟da̠iko̞]

Noun

楽(がく)太(だい)鼓(こ) • (gakudaiko) 

1. a gagaku drum, such as a 大(だ)太(だい)鼓(こ) (dadaiko, “large drum”), a 釣(つり)太(だい)鼓(こ) (tsuridaiko, “hanging drum”) or a 担(にない)太(だい)鼓(こ) (ninaidaiko, “portable drum”)

See also

• 神(か)楽(ぐら)太(だい)鼓(こ) (kaguradaiko)