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乐 lè — “happy; (yuè) music”

How to write and say the Chinese character 乐 (lè), which means happy; (yuè) music — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Songs, games & stories.

Stroke order笔顺

乐 is written with 5 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):

The story behind it字源小故事

Picture it: simplified form of 樂, a musical instrument with wood 木, strings 幺, and a pick 白.

A common word常用词

Example sentence例句

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