槓 — kanji meaning “lever”
槓
lever
- Meanings
- lever
- On'yomi
- コウ (kou)
- Kun'yomi
- てこ
- Strokes
- 14
- Classical radical
- 75
- Chinese reading
- gàng — Chinese character page
Words with 槓
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 槓子 | カンツ kantsu | kong; four-of-a-kind |
| 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 |
| 槓ドラ | カンドラ kandora | dora tile revealed when a player declares a kong |
| 四槓子 | スーカンツ suukantsu | winning hand consisting of four kongs and a pair |
| 搶槓 | チャンカン chankan | winning on a tile robbed from another player's kong |
| 槓杆 | こうかん koukan | lever |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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