満まん貫がん

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Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

noun

mangan; win worth 8000 points (12000 if dealer)

mahjong

A mahjong scoring term for a hand worth 8000 points for a non-dealer, or 12000 points for the dealer. The term is used in Japanese mahjong and derived from Chinese.

from Chinese mǎnguàn

この手ては満まん貫がん以い上じょうが確かく定ていしている。
This hand is guaranteed to be worth at least a mangan.
親おやの満まん貫がんは12000点てんです。
A dealer mangan is 12000 points.

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Kanji

満full, fullness, enough
貫pierce, 8 1/3lbs, penetrate
款goodwill, article, section

Related words

跳満はねまん
A haneman is worth 1.5 times a mangan (12000/18000 points).
倍ばい満まん
A baiman is worth twice a mangan (16000/24000 points).
三さん倍ばい満まん
A sanbaiman is worth three times a mangan (24000/36000 points).
役やく満まん
A yakuman is a limit hand worth 32000/48000 points, much higher than a mangan.

Word family

流ながし満まん貫がん
nagashi mangan; win by discarding only terminals and honors in a drawn round

Written forms

満まん貫がんUsage12%
Standard kanji spelling for this mahjong term.
マンガンUsage88%
Katakana spelling is common in mahjong contexts.
満まん款がん
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.

Etymology

From Chinese 満貫 (mǎnguàn), a mahjong term adopted into Japanese.