大三元

Chinese

 
big; great; huge
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
three
 
primary; first; fundamental
primary; first; fundamental; dollar; (dynasty)
simp. and trad.
(大三元)
Literally:big three fundamentals”.

Pronunciation


Noun

大三元

  1. (mahjong) a winning hand with melds of all three dragon tiles

Descendants

  • Japanese: 大三元 (daisangen)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
だい
Grade: 1
さん
Grade: 1
げん
Grade: 2
goon on’yomi kan’on

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 大三元 (dàsānyuán)

From (dai-, big, great) + 三元 (sangen, clipping of 三元牌 (sangenpai), “dragon tiles).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) いさんげん [dàísáꜜǹgèǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [da̠isã̠ŋɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

(だい)(さん)(げん) • (daisangen) 

  1. (mahjong) a 役満 (yakuman, limit) hand with melds of all three dragon tiles

See also

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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