관자

Korean

Etymology 1

    Sino-Korean word from 冠者 (“someone crowned”).

    Pronunciation

    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?gwanja
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?gwanja
    McCune–Reischauer?kwanja
    Yale Romanization?kwan.ca

    Noun

    관자 • (gwanja) (hanja 冠者)

    1. man who has undergone 관례(冠禮) (gwallye, “Confucian coming-of-age ceremony”), i.e. at the age of 20

    Etymology 2

      Sino-Korean word from 貫子.

      Pronunciation

      Romanizations
      Revised Romanization?gwanja
      Revised Romanization (translit.)?gwanja
      McCune–Reischauer?kwanja
      Yale Romanization?kwan.ca

      Noun

      관자 • (gwanja) (hanja 貫子)

      1. buttonlike ring attached to a 망건(網巾) (manggeon, “Korean male hairnet”); depending on the social status, materials such as gold, jade, amber, agate, tortoiseshell, horn, and bone were used
      Derived terms
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