also: マン
counter for character tiles
Mahjong counter used for the suit of character tiles (萬子). The reading ワン is standard when counting tiles, while マン appears in some contexts.
from Chinese wàn
I called chii with the one, two, and three of characters.
This hand is a half-flush in the character suit.
萬 (ワン) is the counter for character-tile numbers (萬子) in mahjong, while 筒子 (ピンズ) is the dot/circle-tile suit counted with 筒 (ピン), so the two are easily mixed up by beginners learning suit names.
萬 (ワン) counts the character-tile suit (萬子), whereas 索子 (ソウズ) is the bamboo-tile suit counted with 索 (ソウ), and learners often confuse which counter goes with which suit.
Standard kanji for the mahjong counter; read ワン or マン depending on context.
Katakana spelling common in mahjong contexts.
Katakana spelling for the reading マン, also common in mahjong.
From Chinese 萬 (wàn), meaning ten thousand, used in mahjong for the character suit.