冠者

冠者

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
冠	者
かん Grade: S	しゃ > じゃ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
冠者 (kyūjitai)

/kwanzja/ → /kaɴd͡ʑa/

冠(かん) (kan, “crown”) + 者(しゃ) (-sha, “someone”), literally "someone who crowned".

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) か​んじゃ [káꜜǹjà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• IPA^(key): [kã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑa̠]

Noun

冠(かん)者(じゃ) • (kanja) ^{←くわんじや (kwanzya)?}

1. (historical, etymology) a boy who already had done genpuku (coming-of-age ceremony) to wear his own crown; young man
2. (historical) a person who in 六(ろく)位(い) (rokui, “sixth rank in the official court rank system”) without official post assigned
3. (historical) a young servant

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
冠	者
かん > か Grade: S	しゃ > ざ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
冠者 (kyūjitai)

/kwanzja/ → /kwaⁿza/ → /kwaza/ → /kaza/

Changed from 冠者(かんじゃ) (kanja) above.

Noun

冠(か)者(ざ) • (kaza) ^{←くわざ (kwaza)?}

1. Synonym of 冠者 (kanja /かんじゃ/) above.

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
冠	者
かん > か Grade: S	しゃ > じゃ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
冠者 (kyūjitai)

/kwanzja/ → /kwaⁿzja/ → /kwazja/ → /kad͡ʑa/

Changed from 冠者(かんじゃ) (kanja) above.

Noun

冠(か)者(じゃ) • (kaja) ^{←くわじや (kwazya)?}

1. Synonym of 冠者 (kanja /かんじゃ/) above.

Derived terms

• 太(た)郎(ろう)冠(か)者(じゃ) (tarōkaja)
• 次(じ)郎(ろう)冠(か)者(じゃ) (jirōkaja)
• 三(さぶ)郎(ろう)冠(か)者(じゃ) (saburōkaja)
• 女(め)冠(か)者(じゃ) (mekaja)

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
冠	者
かん Grade: S	しゃ > ざ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
冠者 (kyūjitai)

/kwanzja/ → /kwaɴza/ → /kaɴza/

Changed from 冠者(かんじゃ) (kanja) above.

Noun

冠(かん)者(ざ) • (kanza) ^{←くわんざ (kwanza)?}

1. Synonym of 冠者 (kanja /かんじゃ/) above.

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN