雅楽

Japanese

Kanji in this term
雅	楽
が Grade: S	がく Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
雅樂 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Middle Chinese 雅樂

Pronunciation

On’yomi

(Tokyo) ががく [gáꜜgàkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [ɡa̠ɡa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

雅(が)楽(がく) • (gagaku)

(music) gagaku (the ancient court ritual classical music of Japan, of Chinese and Korean origin)

See also

雅(が)楽(がく)寮(りょう) (Gagakuryō)
雅楽(うたの)頭(かみ) (uta no kami)
雅楽(うたの)助(すけ) (uta no suke)

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