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翻 (ハン) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

翻はん

also: ファン

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Meanings

1

counter

han; fan; mahjong scoring unit

mahjong

In mahjong, a counter that determines the base points of a hand; each han doubles the score (or adds a multiplier).

この手ては三さん翻はんある。
This hand has three han.
役やく満まんは十じゅう三さん翻はん以い上じょうで計けい算さんされることもある。
A yakuman is sometimes calculated as 13 han or more.

Written forms

翻
- ハン
  Standard kanji for the mahjong counter.
- ファン
ファンUsage100%
Alternate reading; sometimes used in mahjong terminology.
飜
- ハン
  Variant kanji form; less common in modern usage.
- ファン

Kanji

翻flip, turn over, wave
飜flip over, upset, capsize

Similar words

役やく
Yaku are the specific winning patterns that award han; han is the numerical value assigned to those patterns.
満まん貫がん
Mangan is a scoring tier reached at 5 han (or 4 han under certain rules); han is the unit that accumulates to reach such tiers.

Etymology

From Chinese 翻 (fān), meaning 'to turn over' or 'to double', adopted into Japanese mahjong terminology as a scoring unit.