樂天

Chinese

		music; happy; laugh music; happy; laugh; cheerful	day; sky; heaven
trad. (樂天)		樂	天
simp. (乐天)		乐	天

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lètiān

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄜˋ ㄊㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lok⁶ tin¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lo̍k-thian

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lètiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄜˋ ㄊㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lètian
  - Wade–Giles: lê⁴-tʻien¹
  - Yale: lè-tyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lehtian
  - Palladius: лэтянь (lɛtjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɤ⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lok⁶ tin¹
  - Yale: lohk tīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁹ tin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: log⁶ tin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚² tʰiːn⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍k-thian
  - Tâi-lô: lo̍k-thian
  - Phofsit Daibuun: logtiefn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² tʰiɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔk̚²⁴⁻² tʰiɛn³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ tʰiɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² tʰiɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² tʰiɛn⁴⁴/

Verb

樂天

(literary) to happily follow Heaven's decree
to be carefree; to be happy-go-lucky; to be optimistic

Derived terms

樂天任命 / 乐天任命
樂天安命 / 乐天安命
樂天派 / 乐天派 (lètiānpài)
樂天溪 / 乐天溪 (Lètiānxī)
樂天知命 / 乐天知命 (lètiānzhīmìng)
知命樂天 / 知命乐天

Proper noun

樂天

Lotte (South Korean company)
Rakuten (Japanese company)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
樂	天
らく Jinmeiyō	てん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

樂(らく)天(てん) • (rakuten)

Kyūjitai form of 楽天 (“optimism”)