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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