刻子

Chinese

		quarter (hour); (a measure word); to carve quarter (hour); (a measure word); to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
simp. and trad. (刻子)		刻	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kèzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˋ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hak¹ zi², haak¹ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kèzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˋ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kèzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo⁴-tzŭ³
    • Yale: kè-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kehtzyy
    • Palladius: кэцзы (kɛczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hak¹ zi², haak¹ zi²
    • Yale: hāk jí, hāak jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hak⁷ dzi², haak⁷ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: heg¹ ji², hag¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐk̚⁵ t͡siː³⁵/, /haːk̚⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

刻子

1. (mahjong) pung; three-of-a-kind

Descendants

• Japanese: 刻子 (kōtsu)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
刻	子
コー Grade: 6	ツ Grade: 1
irregular

Etymology

From Mandarin 刻子 (kèzǐ).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) コ​ーツ [kóꜜòtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːt͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

刻(コー)子(ツ) • (kōtsu) 

1. (mahjong) a set of three identical tiles, three of a kind, triplet (compare English pung)

Coordinate terms

• 槓(カン)子(ツ) (kantsu, “four of a kind”, compare English kong)
• 順(シュン)子(ツ) (shuntsu, “sequence”, compare English chow)
• 対(トイ)子(ツ) (toitsu, “pair”)

See also

• 暗(アン)刻(コー) (ankō, “closed triplet”)
• 明(ミン)刻(コー) (minkō, “open triplet”)
• 碰(ポン) (pon, “call for an open triplet”, also compare English pung)