槓

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See also: 杠
槓 U+69D3, 槓
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-69D3
← 槒
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 槔 →

Translingual

Han character

槓 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 木一月金 (DMBC), four-corner 41986, composition ⿰木貢)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 546, character 25
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15343
  • Dae Jaweon: page 934, character 15
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1260, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+69D3

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 貢 (OC *koːŋs).

Etymology 1

trad. 槓/杠*
simp. 杠*
alternative forms 篢／𬕂

Pronunciation

Note: kòng - used only in mahjong.

Definitions

槓

  1. thick rod; thick pole
  2. (gymnastics) bar
    雙槓／双杠  ―  shuānggàng  ―  parallel bars
  3. stout poles used to carry a coffin
  4. rod-shaped part of a machine
    保險槓／保险杠  ―  bǎoxiǎngàng  ―  bumper
  5. thick line (Classifier: 道 m)
  6. to cross out; to strike out
  7. to whet
  8. to argue; to bicker
    Synonym: 抬槓／抬杠 (táigàng)
  9. (mahjong) kong
Usage notes
  • When playing mahjong, this word is said as a call when declaring a kong.
Descendants
  • English: kong
  • Japanese: 槓(カン) (kan)

Compounds

Etymology 2

trad. 槓
simp. 杠*
alternative forms 籠／笼
櫳／栊

Pronunciation

Definitions

槓

  1. (Cantonese) Alternative form of 籠／笼 (“trunk; chest; large box”)

Japanese

Kanji

槓

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. lever

Readings

Compounds

Etymology

Kanji in this term
槓
カン
Hyōgaiji
irregular

From Mandarin 槓／杠 (gàng).

Pronunciation

Noun

槓(カン) • (kan) 

  1. (mahjong) Short for 槓子 (kantsu): a set of four identical tiles
  2. (mahjong) a call for such a set (compare English kong):
    1. for a 明槓 (minkan, “open kan”), the player calling should have a 暗刻 (ankō, “closed triplet”) in hand and the current discarded tile is the fourth tile
    2. for a 加槓 (kakan, “added kan”), the player should have an 明刻 (minkō, “open triplet”) beforehand and the fourth tile must be self-drawn
    3. for an 暗槓 (ankan, “closed kan”), the player calling must simply have all four tiles in hand

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

槓 • (gong) (hangeul 공, revised gong, McCune–Reischauer kong, Yale kong)

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Vietnamese

Han character

槓: Hán Nôm readings: cổng

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