Lexical entry

小明槓

shouminkan

Forming a four-of-a-kind by adding a self-drawn tile to a previously declared open three-of-a-kind.

Sports & GamesPure GairaigoSource: Chinese

Meaning

An added kong (shōminkan) occurs when a player draws the fourth matching tile for a set they previously declared as an open pung (triplet) and adds it to the meld.

adding a fourth tile to a pung

Examples

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槓

カン

The act of declaring or forming a four-of-a-kind set in mahjong.

暗槓

アンカン

A move in mahjong where a player declares a four-of-a-kind using only tiles they have drawn themselves.

槓子

カンツ

A mahjong meld consisting of four identical tiles.

Evidence and Provenance

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