삼락

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 三樂, from 三 (“three”) + 樂 (“pleasure”).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?samnak
Revised Romanization (translit.)?samlag
McCune–Reischauer?samnak
Yale Romanization?samlak

Noun

삼락 • (samnak) (hanja 三樂)

  1. (Buddhism) the three pleasures of a junzi, as described by Mengzi (the joy of being born as a heavenly being, the joy of meditation, and the joy of nirvana)
    군자삼락 ― gunjasamnak ― the three pleasures of a great man

See also

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