元服

Chinese

		primary; first; fundamental primary; first; fundamental; dollar; (dynasty)	clothes; dress; garment clothes; dress; garment; submit; take (medicine)
simp. and trad. (元服)		元	服

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yuánfú

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄈㄨˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yuánfú
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄈㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yuánfú
  - Wade–Giles: yüan²-fu²
  - Yale: ywán-fú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuanfwu
  - Palladius: юаньфу (juanʹfu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵ fu³⁵/

Noun

元服

(historical) ceremony marking a male's coming of age at 20

Synonyms

冠 (guàn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
元	服
げん Grade: 2	ふく > ぷく Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

元(げん)服(ぷく) • (genpuku)

(historical) genpuku, a coming of age ceremony for a boy
(historical) A ritual in which a married woman dyes her teeth, ties her hair into a mage, and shaves her eyebrows.

See also

成人式 (せいじんしき)

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