冠者

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
かん
Grade: S
しゃ > じゃ
Grade: 3
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

/kwanzja/ → /kaɴd͡ʑa/

(かん) (kan, crown) + (しゃ) (-sha, someone), literally "someone who crowned".

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んじゃ [káꜜǹjà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑa̠]

Noun

(かん)(じゃ) • (kanjaくわんじや (kwanzya)?

  1. (historical, etymology) a boy who already had done genpuku (coming-of-age ceremony) to wear his own crown; young man
  2. (historical) a person of the 六位 (rokui, sixth rank in the official court rank system) without official post assigned
  3. (historical) a young servant

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
かん > か
Grade: S
しゃ > ざ
Grade: 3
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

/kwanzja/ → /kwaⁿza/ → /kwaza/ → /kaza/

Changed from 冠者(かんじゃ) (kanja)

Noun

()() • (kazaくわざ (kwaza)?

  1. synonym of 冠者 (kanja, a boy who already had done genpuku (coming-of-age ceremony) to wear his own crown; young man)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
かん > か
Grade: S
しゃ > じゃ
Grade: 3
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

/kwanzja/ → /kwaⁿzja/ → /kwazja/ → /kad͡ʑa/

Changed from 冠者(かんじゃ) (kanja)

Noun

()(じゃ) • (kajaくわじや (kwazya)?

  1. synonym of 冠者 (kanja, a boy who already had done genpuku (coming-of-age ceremony) to wear his own crown; young man; a person of the 六位 (rokui, sixth rank in the official court rank system) without official post assigned; a young servant)
Derived terms
  • ()(ろう)()(じゃ) (tarōkaja)
  • ()(ろう)()(じゃ) (jirōkaja)
  • (さぶ)(ろう)()(じゃ) (saburōkaja)
  • ()()(じゃ) (mekaja)

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
かん
Grade: S
しゃ > ざ
Grade: 3
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

/kwanzja/ → /kwaɴza/ → /kaɴza/

Changed from 冠者(かんじゃ) (kanja)

Noun

(かん)() • (kanzaくわんざ (kwanza)?

  1. synonym of 冠者 (kanja, a boy who already had done genpuku (coming-of-age ceremony) to wear his own crown; young man)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

冠者 • (gwanja) (hangeul 관자)

  1. hanja form? of 관자 (young adult male)