元服

Chinese

		primary; first; fundamental primary; first; fundamental; dollar; (dynasty)	clothes; dress; garment clothes; dress; garment; submit; take (medicine)
simp. and trad. (元服)		元	服

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuánfú

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄈㄨˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuánfú
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄈㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuánfú
    • Wade–Giles: yüan²-fu²
    • Yale: ywán-fú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuanfwu
    • Palladius: юаньфу (juanʹfu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵ fu³⁵/

Noun

元服

1. (historical) ceremony marking a male's coming of age at 20

Synonyms

• 冠 (guàn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
元	服
げん Grade: 2	ふく > ぷく Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

元(げん)服(ぷく) • (genpuku) 

1. (historical) genpuku, a coming of age ceremony for a boy
2. (historical) A ritual in which a married woman dyes her teeth, ties her hair into a mage, and shaves her eyebrows.

See also

1. 成人式 (せいじんしき)