弱冠
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]weak; feeble; young weak; feeble; young; inferior |
to head; hat; crown to head; hat; crown; crest; cap | ||
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simp. and trad. (弱冠) |
弱 | 冠 |
Etymology
[edit]From the Book of Rites, Book 1 (《禮記·曲禮上》):
- 人生十年曰幼,學。二十曰弱,冠。三十曰壯,有室。……百年曰期,頤。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- 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.
人生十年曰幼,学。二十曰弱,冠。三十曰壮,有室。……百年曰期,颐。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄍㄨㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ruòguàn
- Wade–Giles: jo4-kuan4
- Yale: rwò-gwàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruohguann
- Palladius: жогуань (žoguanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku̯än⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Middle Chinese: nyak kwanH
Noun
[edit]弱冠
Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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弱 | 冠 |
じゃく > じゃっ Grade: 2 |
かん Grade: S |
kan'on | on'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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若冠 (proscribed) |
Etymology
[edit]From Literary Chinese. From 禮記/曲禮上.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]弱冠 • (jakkan) ←じやくくわん (zyakukwan)?
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 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
- ^ 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
[edit]Hanja in this term | |
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弱 | 冠 |
Noun
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