noun, takes する

Messages.hist.
  1. male coming-of-age-ceremony.
  2. shaving one's eyebrows, blackening one's teeth, and wearing one's hair in the marumage style (of a newly married woman; Edo period).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
元服 げんぷく
元服 げんぶく

Contained Kanji Breakdown

beginning, former time, origin
ゲン もと ガン (2nd, N4)
two, two radical (no. 7)
ニ ふた ふだ (1st, N5)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン ニン がい (Kentei 1)
clothing, admit, obey
フク はっ はつ (3rd, N4)
month, moon
つき ゲツ ガツ (1st, N5)
clothing(服) variant
seal radical (no. 26)
セツ わりふ (Kentei 1)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また ユウ やす (8th, N1)