娯 means “recreation, amusement”

ご · go

Also: pleasure

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ゴ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 10 strokes

The story

A woman (女) beside 呉, a figure with its mouth (口) thrown open in loud talk and song: picture an evening of music and laughter. 娯 lives in 娯楽, entertainment, everything from karaoke and pachinko to TV variety shows.

Used in 娯楽 (goraku, entertainment/amusement) and 娯楽施設 (gorakushisetsu, entertainment facility)

More from Games & Pastimes

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• 玩 toy
• 采 dice
• 弄 toy with
• 伎 skill
• 描 draw
• 撮 take a photo
• 棋 shogi
• 暇 free time
• 漫 rambling
• 駒 game piece

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.