冕冠

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
冕	冠
べん Hyōgaiji	かん Grade: S
on’yomi

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Benkan

冕冠 (benkan): a Ming Chinese version of the benkan style of ceremonial crown.

Etymology edit

From Middle Chinese 冕冠 (MC mjenX kwan|kwanH, literally “ceremonial cap, crown” + “crown, headdress”). First attested in Japanese in a text from 969.^[1]

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) べんかん [bèńkáń] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
IPA^(key): [bẽ̞ŋkã̠ɴ]

Noun edit

冕(べん)冠(かん) • (benkan) ^{←べんくわん (benkwan)^?}

[from 969] a kind of ceremonial crown used by royalty in the East Asian cultural sphere, characterized by a square or rectangular brim and tassles

References edit

^ “冕冠”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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