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弱冠

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Chinese

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weak; feeble; young
weak; feeble; young; inferior
 
to head; hat; crown
to head; hat; crown; crest; cap
 
simp. and trad.
(弱冠)

Etymology

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From the Book of Rites, Book 1 (《禮記·曲禮上》):

二十三十。……百年 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
二十三十。……百年 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
Rén shēng shí nián yuē yòu, xué. Èrshí yuē ruò, guàn. Sānshí yuē zhuàng, yǒu shì....... Bǎinián yuē qī, yí. [Pinyin]
When one is ten years old, we call him a boy; he goes (out) to school. When he is twenty, we call him a youth; he is capped. When he is thirty, we say, 'He is at his maturity;' he has a wife. [] At a hundred, he is called a centenarian, and has to be fed.

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Initial () (38) (28)
Final () (107) (62)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter nyak kwanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ȵɨɐk̚/ /kuɑnH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ȵiɐk̚/ /kʷɑnH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȵʑiɑk̚/ /kuɑnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ȵɨak̚/ /kwanH/
Li
Rong
/ȵiak̚/ /kuɑnH/
Wang
Li
/ȵʑĭak̚/ /kuɑnH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ȵʑi̯ak̚/ /kuɑnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
ruò guàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
joek6 gun3

Noun

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弱冠

  1. (literary) the approach of adulthood (20 years of age)

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
じゃく > じゃっ
Grade: 2
かん
Grade: S
kan'on on'yomi
Alternative spelling
若冠 (proscribed)

Etymology

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From Literary Chinese. From 禮記/曲禮上.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(じゃっ)(かん) (jakkanじやくくわん (zyakukwan)?

  1. 20 years of age
  2. youth

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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弱冠 (yakgwan) (hangeul 약관)

  1. hanja form? of 약관 (20 years of age)