robbing a kong; winning on a tile robbed from another player's kong
A mahjong yaku: declaring a win on a tile that another player just added to a melded kong. Also called 'robbing the kong'. Compare with 加槓 (kakan).
from Chinese qiāng gàng
See also: 加槓 (かカン)
He declared a robbing of the kong on the tile his opponent across the table added to a kong.
Robbing a kong is one of the yaku that is hard to complete.
Standard kanji spelling for this mahjong term, derived from Chinese.
Variant spelling using 槍 (spear) instead of 搶 (rob); both are used in mahjong contexts.
From Chinese 搶槓 (qiāng gàng), literally 'robbing the kong'. The term is used as-is in Japanese mahjong terminology.