がく

See also: かく and かぐ

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of がく – see the following entries.

【学】1	[noun]scholarship; learning; knowledge [suffix]-ology; -ics; study of... [proper noun]A male given name
【楽】2	[noun]short for 音楽 (ongaku): music [noun]short for 雅楽 (gagaku): ancient-medieval Japanese court music, imported from the Chinese yayue [proper noun]a surname
【額】5	[noun]framed picture [noun]sum, amount
【顎】S	[noun]jaw
【萼】H	[noun](botany) a calyx (collective term for sepals)

(This term, がく, is the hiragana spelling of several Sino-Japanese terms.)
For a list of all kanji with on'yomi がく, not just those used in Sino-Japanese terms, see Category:Japanese kanji with on reading がく.

Proper noun

がく (rōmaji Gaku)

岳: A male given name

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