green dragon tile
Mahjong tile; one of the three dragon tiles. The name comes from Chinese lǜ fā (緑發).
from Chinese lǜ fā
I hesitated over whether to discard the green dragon tile.
Standard kanji spelling for the green dragon tile in mahjong.
Variant using the older kanji 發; marked as out-dated.
From Chinese 緑發 (lǜ fā), meaning 'green dragon' in mahjong. The kanji 發 is often replaced with 発 in modern Japanese.