value honor tile
In mahjong, a tile that gives a scoring bonus (han) when collected as a set. Round wind, seat wind, and dragon tiles are also used. Contrast with 圏風牌 (round wind), 門風牌 (seat wind), and 三元牌 (dragon tiles).
I called pon on a value honor tile and got one han.
winning hand with a value honor set
A hand that includes at least one pung or kong of a value honor tile, which guarantees at least one han. Often used in scoring contexts.
If you have a value honor set, you can at least go out.
Compound of 役 (yaku, 'scoring combination') and 牌 (hai, 'tile').