小三元

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Chinese

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small; tiny; few
small; tiny; few; young
 
three
primary; first; fundamental
primary; first; fundamental; dollar; (dynasty)
 
simp. and trad.
(小三元)
Literally:little three fundamentals”.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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小三元

  1. (mahjong) a winning hand with melds of two dragon tiles and a pair of the third dragon tile

Descendants

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  • Japanese: 小三元 (shōsangen)

Japanese

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Etymology

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Kanji in this term
しょう
Grade: 1
さん
Grade: 1
げん
Grade: 2
on'yomi kan'on
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Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 小三元 (xiǎosānyuán).

Can be analyzed as derived from (shō-, little, small) +‎ 三元 (sangen, clipping of 三元牌 (sangenpai), “dragon tiles).

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) しょーさんげん [shòósáꜜǹgèǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [ɕo̞ːsã̠ŋɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

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(しょう)(さん)(げん) (shōsangen

  1. (mahjong) a (yaku, hand) with melds of two dragon tiles and a pair of the third, worth 2 (han, doubles); along with an additional 2 (han) from the 役牌 (yakuhai, honour meld) of said two dragon tiles, a combined total of 4 (han)

See also

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