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5 strokes · radical 丿 · HSK 2 · traditional 樂
15 strokes · HSK 2 · simplified 乐
A way to remember it
Read lè it means happy; read yuè the same character means music. The traditional form 樂 shows strings mounted over wood — an instrument.
A picture that makes the shape stick — not a claim about the character’s history.
Shown in simplified. Converting whole words needs one-to-many knowledge this site does not have — 发 is 發 in 出发 but 髮 in 头发 — and a confidently wrong word would be worse than an honest simplified one.
Got it. Tell someone:
happy
lè — happy
Radical 丿 · 5 strokes · HSK 2 · traditional 樂
15 strokes · HSK 2 · simplified 乐
A way to remember itRead lè it means happy; read yuè the same character means music. The traditional form 樂 shows strings mounted over wood — an instrument.