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

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

(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).^[1]^[2]^[3]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) コーツ [kóꜜòtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[3]
IPA^(key): [ko̞ːt͡sɨ]

Noun

刻(コー)子(ツ) • (kōtsu)

(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)

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN