mangan; win worth 8000 points (12000 if dealer)
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
This hand is guaranteed to be worth at least a mangan.
A dealer mangan is 12000 points.
A sanbaiman is worth three times a mangan (24000/36000 points).
A yakuman is a limit hand worth 32000/48000 points, much higher than a mangan.
nagashi mangan; win by discarding only terminals and honors in a drawn round
Standard kanji spelling for this mahjong term.
Katakana spelling is common in mahjong contexts.
Rarely used kanji form.
From Chinese 満貫 (mǎnguàn), a mahjong term adopted into Japanese.