大三元

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
大	三	元
だい Grade: 1	さん Grade: 1	げん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) だいさんげん [dàísáꜜǹgèǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
- IPA^(key): [da̠isã̠ŋɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

大三元 (hiragana だいさんげん, rōmaji daisangen)

(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

小 (しょう)三 (さん)元 (げん) (shōsangen, “little three dragons”)

References

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

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