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quarter (hour); (a measure word); to carve quarter (hour); (a measure word); to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive
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child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; ( noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
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simp. and trad.
(刻子)
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刻
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Pronunciation
Noun
刻子
- (mahjong) pung; three-of-a-kind
Descendants
Japanese
Etymology
From Mandarin 刻子 (kèzǐ).
Pronunciation
Noun
刻子 • (kōtsu)
- (mahjong) a set of three identical tiles, three of a kind, triplet (compare English pung)
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References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN