Japanese symbol for “terminals”
老頭牌
ラオトウパイ
Romaji: raotoupai
terminals; suited tiles numbered 1 or 9
In Japanese, terminals is 老頭牌, read ラオトウパイ (raotoupai).
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Meanings
- n terminals; suited tiles numbered 1 or 9 (mahj)
Written forms: 老頭牌. Readings: ラオトウパイ、ろうとうはい.
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 老人 | ろうじん roujin | old person; senior citizen; the aged |
| 老後 | ろうご rougo | old age |
| 老化 | ろうか rouka | ageing; aging; senile deterioration |
| 海老 | えび ebi | prawn; shrimp; lobster |
| 敬老 | けいろう keirou | respect for the aged |
| 長老 | ちょうろう chourou | elder; senior |
| 冒頭 | ぼうとう boutou | beginning; opening; start |
| 先頭 | せんとう sentou | head (of a line, group, etc.); front; lead |
| 位牌 | いはい ihai | Buddhist mortuary tablet |
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.