大三元

Chinese

 
big; great; huge
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
three
 
primary; first; fundamental
primary; first; fundamental; dollar; (dynasty)
simp. and trad.
(大三元)

Pronunciation


Noun

大三元

  1. (mahjong) a winning hand with melds of all three dragon tiles

Descendants

  • Japanese: 大三元(だいさんげん) (daisangen)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
だい
Grade: 1
さん
Grade: 1
げん
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 大三元 (dàsānyuán)

Pronunciation

Noun

(だい)(さん)(げん) (daisangen) 

  1. (mahjong) big three dragons: a 役満 (yakuman, limit) hand with triplets or quads of each of the 三元牌 (sangenpai, dragon tiles)

See also

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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