雅楽

Japanese

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

Alternative spelling
雅樂 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 雅樂 (MC ngaeX ngaewk).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ががく [gáꜜgàkù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2][3]
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)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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