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)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ruòguàn
    • 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/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 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 (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Literary Chinese. From 禮記/曲禮上.

Noun

弱(じゃっ)冠(かん) • (jakkan) ^{←じやくくわん (zyakukwan)?}

1. 20 years of age
2. youth