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加冠

jiā guān

2-character word

What 加冠 means

1. (in former times) coming-of-age ceremony at 20 years

The characters in 加冠

• 加jiāto add; (math) plus; to increase; to augment
• 冠guànto put on a hat; to be first; to dub

Sounds the same

Read jiā guān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 加官to be promoted; additional government post

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