楽器

がっき · gakki · JLPT N3 · noun

musical instrument

🎸🎹 楽器 = music/fun + vessel: a tool for making music

楽 (gaku) means music, as in 音楽 ongaku, and 器 (ki) means vessel or tool, as in 食器 shokki, tableware. Put together, the two readings fuse into gakki: the tool for music.

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