冠礼

Traditional form:

冠禮

Pinyin (reading):

guànlǐ

Definitions:

• the capping ceremony, a Confucian coming of age ceremony for males dating from pre-Qin times, performed when a boy reaches the age of 20, involving the ritual placing of caps on the head of the young man

Characters:

• 冠 - cap, crown, headgear
• 礼 - courtesy, manners, social customs

Traditional characters:

• 冠 - cap, crown, headgear
• 禮 - courtesy, manners, social customs