三元牌
Japanese
Etymology
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 三 | 元 | 牌 |
| さん Grade: 1 |
げん Grade: 2 |
はい > ぱい Hyōgai |
| irregular | ||
From 三元 (sangen, “three fundamentals”) + 牌 (pai, “tile”).
Alternatively, borrowing from Mandarin 三元牌 (sān'yuánpái).
Pronunciation
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Noun
三元牌 or 三元牌 • (sangenpai or san'yuanpai)
- (mahjong) Generic name of the three dragon tiles: 白 (haku, “white dragon”), 發/𤼵 (hatsu, “green dragon”), and 中 (chun, “red dragon”)
See also
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 三
- Japanese terms spelled with 元
- Japanese terms spelled with 牌
- Japanese terms read with irregular kanji readings
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms borrowed from Mandarin
- Japanese terms derived from Mandarin
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms with multiple readings
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with hyōgai kanji
- Japanese terms with 3 kanji
- ja:Mahjong