ヒコ札ふだ

noun

card used to pick up the remaining three cards of the same suit in hanafuda

Rare hanafuda term. In hanafuda, when a player has a card that matches the suit of three cards already on the field, they can use this card to capture all three at once. This card is called ヒコ札.

• ヒコ札ふだを出だすと、場ばにある同おなじ月つきの札ふだを三さん枚まいまとめて取とれる。

  When you play a ヒコ札, you can take all three cards of the same month from the field at once.