winning tile
In mahjong, the tile that completes a player's hand and allows them to declare a win.
He drew the winning tile and won the hand brilliantly.
Be careful not to discard the winning tile.
Verb meaning 'to win a hand' in mahjong; 上がり牌 is the noun for the tile that enables the win.
State of being one tile away from winning; 上がり牌 is the specific tile needed to complete the hand.
Standard kanji spelling using 上がり (winning) and 牌 (tile).
Katakana spelling of the first part, common in mahjong contexts.
Hiragana spelling of the first part, sometimes used for clarity.
Uses the kanji 和了 (agari) for winning; less common than 上がり牌.
Mixed kanji and okurigana; very rare variant.
Mixed katakana and hiragana; uncommon.
Compound of 上がり (agari, 'winning', from 上がる 'to rise, to finish') and 牌 (hai, 'tile'). The reading ハイ is the on'yomi of 牌, commonly used in mahjong terminology.