桂冠

Chinese

		Cinnamomum cassia; Guangxi Autonomous Region (abbrev.)	to head; hat; crown to head; hat; crown; crest; cap
simp. and trad. (桂冠)		桂	冠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guìguān

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄍㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai³ gun¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kùi-koan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guìguān
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guèiguan
    • Wade–Giles: kuei⁴-kuan¹
    • Yale: gwèi-gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gueyguan
    • Palladius: гуйгуань (gujguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwai³ gun¹
    • Yale: gwai gūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai³ gun¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei³ gun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯³³ kuːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kùi-koan
    • Tâi-lô: kuì-kuan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuie'koafn
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kui²¹⁻⁵³ kuan⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kuan³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kui²¹⁻⁵³ kuan⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kui¹¹⁻⁵³ kuan⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kui²¹⁻⁴¹ kuan⁴⁴/

Noun

桂冠

1. laurel (as an emblem of victory or distinction); garland

Derived terms

• 桂冠詩人 / 桂冠诗人

Related terms

• 月桂冠 (yuèguìguān)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (桂冠):

• → Japanese: 桂冠(けいかん) (keikan)
• → Korean: 계관(桂冠) (gyegwan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
桂	冠
けい Jinmeiyō	かん Grade: S
kan'on	on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) けーかん [kèékáń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ke̞ːkã̠ɴ]

Noun

桂(けい)冠(かん) • (keikan) 

1. a crown of laurel leaves

Derived terms

• 桂(けい)冠(かん)詩(し)人(じん) (keikan shijin): a poet laureate

See also

• 月桂冠(げっけいかん) (gekkeikan)

References

• “^▲桂冠”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025