槓子

See also: 杠子

Chinese

		carrying pole; horizontal bar	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (槓子)		槓	子
simp. (杠子)		杠	子

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gàngzi

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄤˋ ˙ㄗ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gong³ zi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gàngzi
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄤˋ ˙ㄗ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gàngzi̊h
  - Wade–Giles: kang⁴-tzŭ⁵
  - Yale: gàng-dz
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ganq.tzy
  - Palladius: ганцзы (ganczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑŋ⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gong³ zi²
  - Yale: gong jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gong³ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: gong³ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ³³ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

槓子

Derived terms

四槓子 / 四杠子 (sìgàngzi)
插一槓子 / 插一杠子 (chāyīgàngzǐ)
插杠子 (chā gàngzi)
插槓子 / 插杠子 (chā gàngzi)
橫插一槓子 / 横插一杠子 (héngchāyīgàngzǐ)
肉槓子 / 肉杠子 (ròugàngzi)

Descendants

Japanese: 槓子 (kantsu)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
槓	子
カン Hyōgai	ツ Grade: 1
irregular

Etymology

From Mandarin 槓子 / 杠子 (gàngzi).^[1]^[2]^[3]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) カンツ [káꜜǹtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[3]
IPA^(key): [kã̠nt͡sɨ]

Noun

槓(カン)子(ツ) • (kantsu)

(mahjong) a set of four identical tiles, compare English kong, four of a kind
Synonym: 槓 (kan)

Usage notes

The synonym/shorter form kan can also mean a call for such a set of tiles.

Coordinate terms

刻(コー)子(ツ) (kōtsu, “triplet”, compare English pung)
順(シュン)子(ツ) (shuntsu, “sequence”, compare English chow)
対(トイ)子(ツ) (toitsu, “pair”)

See also

明(ミン)槓(カン) (minkan, “open kan”)
加(カ)槓(カン) (kakan, “added kan”)
暗(アン)槓(カン) (ankan, “closed kan”)

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