Lexical entry

三暗刻

sanankoo

A Mahjong hand containing three concealed sets of three identical tiles.

Sports & GamesPure GairaigoSource: Chinese

Meaning

A scoring pattern (yaku) in Mahjong achieved by having three sets of three identical tiles (triplets) that were all drawn by the player rather than called from discards.

Mahjong hand with three concealed triplets

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四暗刻

スーアンコー

A high-scoring Mahjong hand consisting of four sets of three identical tiles, all drawn without calling from other players.

暗刻

アンコー

A set of three identical tiles in mahjong that have been drawn from the wall rather than claimed from discards.

刻子

コーツ

A set of three identical mahjong tiles.

Evidence and Provenance

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