Japanese symbol for “kong”
槓子
カンツ
Romaji: kantsu
kong; four-of-a-kind
In Japanese, kong is 槓子, read カンツ (kantsu).
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Meanings
- n kong; four-of-a-kind (mahj)
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大明槓 | ダイミンカン daiminkan | turning a concealed pung into an open kong by calling another player's discard |
| 暗槓 | アンカン ankan | declaring a concealed kong; forming a concealed four-of-a-kind |
| 加槓 | かカン kakan | forming a kong by adding a tile drawn from the wall to a declared pung |
| 小明槓 | ショウミンカン shouminkan | forming a four-of-a-kind by adding a self-drawn tile to an open three-of-a-kind |
| 三槓子 | サンカンツ sankantsu | three kongs; winning hand containing three kongs |
| 子供 | こども kodomo | child; children |
| 女子 | じょし joshi | woman; girl |
| 女の子 | おんなのこ onnanoko | girl; daughter; baby girl |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.