弱冠

弱冠

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ruòguàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄍㄨㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: ruòguàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄍㄨㄢˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruohguann
    • IPA ^(key): /ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku̯än⁵¹/

Noun

弱冠

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

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
弱	冠
じゃく > じゃっ Grade: 2	かん Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) じゃっかん [jàkkáń] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [d͡ʑa̠k̚kã̠ɴ]

Noun

弱冠 (hiragana じゃっかん, rōmaji jakkan, historical hiragana じやくくわん)

1. 20 years of age
2. youth

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN