음악

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music

🎵🎻 音樂 = sound (음) + music/enjoy (악)

음 (音) means sound, as in 발음 (pronunciation) and 소음 (noise). 악 (樂) means music, as in 악기 (instrument); the same hanja read 락 means joy, as in 오락 (amusement). Chinese 音乐 yīnyuè and Japanese 音楽 ongaku are the same word.

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