楽
らく · raku · JLPT N3 · noun
ease
🥁🛋️ A drum on a wooden stand: music (gaku) puts you at ease (raku)
楽 began as a drawing of a drum and strings on a wooden stand (木), so it first meant music. Music brings pleasure, so it came to mean comfort and ease. The same kanji is read がく in 音楽, music, and らく in 楽, ease.