冠者

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
冠 者
かん
Grade: S		 しゃ > じゃ
Grade: 3
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
冠者 (kyūjitai)

/kwanzja/ → /kaɴd͡ʑa/

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

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

Noun

冠(かん)者(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 who in 六(ろく)位(い) (rokui, “sixth rank in the official court rank system”) without official post assigned
  3. (historical) a young servant

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
冠 者
かん > か
Grade: S		 しゃ > ざ
Grade: 3
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
冠者 (kyūjitai)

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

Changed from 冠者(かんじゃ) (kanja) above.

Noun

冠(か)者(ざ) • (kaza) ←くわざ (kwaza)?

  1. Synonym of 冠者 (kanja) above.

Etymology 3
Kanji in this term
冠 者
かん > か
Grade: S		 しゃ > じゃ
Grade: 3
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
冠者 (kyūjitai)

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

Changed from 冠者(かんじゃ) (kanja) above.

Noun

冠(か)者(じゃ) • (kaja) ←くわじや (kwazya)?

  1. Synonym of 冠者 (kanja) above.
Derived terms
  • 太(た)郎(ろう)冠(か)者(じゃ) (tarōkaja)
  • 次(じ)郎(ろう)冠(か)者(じゃ) (jirōkaja)
  • 三(さぶ)郎(ろう)冠(か)者(じゃ) (saburōkaja)
  • 女(め)冠(か)者(じゃ) (mekaja)

Etymology 4
Kanji in this term
冠 者
かん
Grade: S		 しゃ > ざ
Grade: 3
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
冠者 (kyūjitai)

/kwanzja/ → /kwaɴza/ → /kaɴza/

Changed from 冠者(かんじゃ) (kanja) above.

Noun

冠(かん)者(ざ) • (kanza) ←くわんざ (kwanza)?

  1. Synonym of 冠者 (kanja) above.

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

Korean
Hanja in this term
冠者

Noun

冠者 • (gwanja) (hangeul 관자)

  1. Hanja form? of 관자 (“young adult male”).
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