槓子

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See also: 杠子

Chinese

carrying pole; horizontal bar
child; son; (noun suffix)
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
 
trad. (槓子) 槓 子
simp. (杠子) 杠 子

Pronunciation

Noun

槓子

  1. thick bar
  2. thick line
  3. (mahjong) kong; four-of-a-kind

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Japanese: 槓子 (kantsu)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
槓 子
カン
Hyōgaiji 		ツ
Grade: 1
irregular

Etymology

From Mandarin 槓子／杠子 (gàngzi).

Pronunciation

Noun

槓(カン)子(ツ) • (kantsu) 

  1. (mahjong) a set of four identical tiles, compare English kong, four of a kind
    Synonym: 槓 (kan)

Usage notes

The synonym/shorter form kan can also mean a call for such a set of tiles.

Coordinate terms

See also

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
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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