Hanja Analyzer
冠

冠 — gwan

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
갓 관
Romanization
gwan
English
cap, crown, headgear
Mandarin
guān
Japanese on'yomi
カン
Japanese kun'yomi
かんむり
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,503 of 2,500
Strokes
9
Radical
冖 (14, 7 residual)
Unicode
U+51A0

How 冠 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 冠 as a ideographic compound involving 冖, 元, 寸.

Korean example words with 冠

  • 관대冠帶 Korean gloss: ‘관디’의 원말
  • 성관成冠 Korean gloss: 관례(冠禮)를 행하던 일
  • 약관弱冠 Korean gloss: 남자의 스무 살 전후의 나이
  • 관망冠網 Korean gloss: 갓과 망건을 아울러 이르는 말
  • 관모冠帽 Korean gloss: 예전에, 벼슬아치들이 쓰던 모자
  • 관혼冠婚 Korean gloss: 관례와 혼례를 아울러 이르는 말
  • 관옥冠玉 Korean gloss: 남자의 아름다운 얼굴을 비유적으로 이르는 말
  • 굴관屈冠 Korean gloss: 상주가 상복을 입을 때에 두건 위에 덧쓰는 건
  • 영관榮冠 Korean gloss: 성공, 승리, 명예 따위를 비유적으로 이르는 말
  • 화관花冠 Korean gloss: 칠보로 꾸민 여자의 관. 예장(禮裝)할 때에 쓴다
  • 관자冠者 Korean gloss: 관례(冠禮)를 치른 남자. 또는 정년(丁年)에 이른 남자
  • 삼관三冠 Korean gloss: 어떤 분야에서, 최고 자리나 승부를 겨루는 세 부문이나 세 종목

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 冠

  • 冠かんむり traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem
  • 栄冠えいかん crown of victory; laurels; honor
  • 冠婚葬祭かんこんそうさい important ceremonial occasions in family relationships
  • 三冠馬さんかんば winner of Japan's three main horse races
  • 三冠王さんかんおう winner of triple crown
  • 冠水かんすい being covered with water (i.e. in a flood); being submerged; being inundated
  • 王冠おうかん crown; diadem; bottle cap
  • 冠動脈かんどうみゃく coronary artery
  • 無冠むかん uncrowned; without rank; having no championship wins
  • 宝冠ほうかん diadem; jeweled crown
  • 戴冠式たいかんしき coronation ceremony; enthronement
  • 弱冠じゃっかん twenty years of age; youth; early age

Other hanja read “관”

Other hanja with radical 冖

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