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 | |
Etymology
From the Book of Rites, Book 1 (《禮記·曲禮上》):
- 人生十年曰幼，學。二十曰弱，冠。三十曰壯，有室。……百年曰期，頤。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Rén shēng shí nián yuē yòu, xué. Èrshí yuē ruò, guàn. Sānshí yuē zhuàng, yǒu shì....... Bǎinián yuē qī, yí. [Pinyin]
- When one is ten years old, we call him a boy; he goes (out) to school. When he is twenty, we call him a youth; he is capped. When he is thirty, we say, 'He is at his maturity;' he has a wife. […] At a hundred, he is called a centenarian, and has to be fed.
人生十年曰幼，学。二十曰弱，冠。三十曰壮，有室。……百年曰期，颐。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Pronunciation
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 弱 | 冠 |
| じゃく > じゃっ Grade: 2 |
かん Grade: S |
| kan’on | on’yomi |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 若冠 (proscribed) |
Etymology
From Literary Chinese. From 禮記/曲禮上.[1]
References
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
- Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.