관자

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 冠者 (“someone crowned”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kwa̠ɲd͡ʑa̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [관자]

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

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kwa̠ɲd͡ʑa̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [관자]

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

• 조개관자 (jogaegwanja)