Source Word
槓
Hiragana
かん
Noun
abbreviation
alt-of
Japanese Meaning
麻雀で、同じ牌４枚を一組として公開する行為。また、その組自体を指す。 / 麻雀における「槓子（カンツ）」の略称。 / 転じて、何かを増やしたり、余分に加えたりすること（比喩的用法）。
Easy Japanese Meaning
麻雀のことばで同じはいをよんまいそろえたもの
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
麻将术语：四张相同的牌组成的组合 / “杠子”的简称
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
（麻將）槓子的簡稱 / （麻將）由四張相同牌組成的一組
Korean Meaning
마작에서 동일한 패 네 장으로 이루어진 조합(깡쯔). / 마작에서 ‘깡쯔’를 줄여 이르는 말.
Indonesian
set empat keping mahjong identik / kombinasi kong/kan dalam mahjong (empat keping serupa)
Vietnamese Meaning
(mạt chược) bộ bốn quân giống hệt nhau / (mạt chược) bộ tứ quân đồng nhất
Tagalog Meaning
(mahjong) Apat na magkakaparehong piyesa; kantsu. / Daglat ng kantsu: hanay ng apat na magkaparehong piyesa sa mahjong.
Sense（1）
(mahjong) Short for 槓子 (kantsu): a set of four identical tiles
Sense（2）
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
Sense（3）
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
Sense（4）
for an 暗槓 (ankan, “closed kan”), the player calling must simply have all four tiles in hand
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