See also: 快乐

Chinese

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fast; quick; swift
music; happy; laugh
music; happy; laugh; cheerful
 
trad. (快樂)
simp. (快乐)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 3/3
Initial () (29) (37)
Final () (30) (103)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () II I
Fanqie
Baxter khwaejH lak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰˠuaiH/ /lɑk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰʷᵚaiH/ /lɑk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰuaiH/ /lɑk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰwaɨjsH/ /lak̚/
Li
Rong
/kʰuaiH/ /lɑk̚/
Wang
Li
/kʰwæiH/ /lɑk̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/kʰwaiH/ /lɑk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
kuài luò
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
faai3 lok6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/4
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
kuài
Middle
Chinese
‹ khwæjH › ‹ lak ›
Old
Chinese
/*[k]ʷʰˁret-s/ /*[r]ˁawk/
English cheerful 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
Reading # 1/1 2/3
No. 4407 7673
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰʷraːds/ /*raːwɢ/

Adjective

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快樂

  1. happy; joyful; cheerful
    助人快樂 [MSC, trad.]
    助人快乐 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhùrén wéi kuàilè zhī běn. [Pinyin]
    Helping others is the key to happiness.
    快樂學習快乐学习  ―  kuàilè xuéxí  ―  to have a happy learning experience
    生日快樂生日快乐  ―  Shēngrì kuàilè!  ―  Happy birthday!
    從此幸福快樂日子 [MSC, trad.]
    从此幸福快乐日子 [MSC, simp.]
    cóngcǐ guò zhe xìngfú kuàilè de rìzi [Pinyin]
    to live happily ever after
    埋怨對於我們毫無益處埋怨痛苦埋怨快樂 [MSC, trad.]
    埋怨对于我们毫无益处埋怨痛苦埋怨快乐 [MSC, simp.]
    Máiyuàn duìyú wǒmen háowú yìchù, máiyuàn yuè duō yuè tòngkǔ, máiyuàn yuè shǎo yuè kuàilè. [Pinyin]
    Complaining is of no benefit to us. The more we complain, the more painful it gets — the less we complain, the happier we feel.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (快樂):

See also

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
かい
Grade: 5
らく
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Noun

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(かい)(らく) (kairaku

  1. Kyūjitai form of 快楽 (pleasure)

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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快樂 (kwaerak) (hangeul 쾌락)

  1. hanja form? of 쾌락 (pleasure; delight)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

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快樂

  1. chữ Hán form of khoái lạc (pleasure; delight; satisfaction).
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Note 2