Keyword
mahjong tile
Info
FrequencyTop 2800-2900
KankenLevel Pre-1
Heisig2885
Readings
はい
(55%)
ぱい
(44%)
Composed of
one of a pair
vulgar
Used in vocabulary (85 in total)
Buddhist mortuary tablet
medal; shield; card on which dharani (etc.) are written; notice board (in a Zen temple); tile (mahjong, dominos, etc.)
safe tile; tile that may be discarded without risking benefiting an opponent; no-risk choice; easily handled person
karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards, esp. hyakunin isshu karuta or iroha karuta
tiles in a player's hand
discarded tiles
safe tile; tile that may be discarded without risking benefiting an opponent; no-risk choice; easily handled person
playing cards; mahjong tiles made of animal bone
starting tiles; initial hand; dealt tiles
score sheet
tenpai; fishing (i.e. needing one more tile for completion)
pai gow (Chinese gambling game played with dominoes)
value honor; round wind, seat wind, and dragon tiles; winning hand containing one kong (or pung) of a value honor
mortuary chapel
tile that has not been discarded once yet
discarding a tile
wall; wall tiles
hanafuda; Japanese playing cards (12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower)
shuffling of tiles; cleaning mahjong tiles
honor tiles
bronze medal; copper medal
gold medal; gold badge
replacement tile drawn after declaring a kong
discarded tiles
terminals; suited tiles numbered 1 or 9
paper card; paper note
silver medal; silver badge
winning tile
white dragon tile
flower tile
winning tile
terminal and honor tiles (i.e. 1, 9, and non-numbered tiles)
terminal and honor tiles (i.e. 1, 9, and non-numbered tiles)
sorting one's tiles
tiles matching the round wind
surplus tile; tile that has become unnecessary to the advancement of a hand, particularly at the moment tenpai is attained
minor tiles (suited tiles numbered 2 through 8); inside tiles
bamboo tile; tile made out of bamboo
Western playing cards
replacement tile drawn after declaring a kong
winning tile
having too many tiles on one's hand
terminal and honor tiles (i.e. 1, 9, and non-numbered tiles)
terminal and honor tiles (i.e. 1, 9, and non-numbered tiles)
terminal and honor tiles (i.e. 1, 9, and non-numbered tiles)
terminal and honor tiles (i.e. 1, 9, and non-numbered tiles)
unsun karuta; Japanese deck of cards with 5 suits of 15 cards each
identifying a piece by touch
to disgrace one's ancestors; to tarnish the honour of one's ancestors
site of a Buddhist mortuary tablet
tiles matching one's seat wind
tile matching the round wind
tile matching the round wind
tiles matching both the round wind and one's seat wind; pung (or kong) of these tiles (meld)
value honor; round wind, seat wind, and dragon tiles
dora tile; special tile that increases the han value of a hand
wall tiles; wall
wall; wall tiles
tiles in one's hand
tile accidentally or mistakenly shown to other players
playing card tax; tax on playing cards, mahjong sets, domino sets, etc. (abolished in 1989)
four-color cards (Chinese playing cards); four-suited chess cards
paifang (Chinese architectural arch or gateway)
tile discarded and turned sideways after declaring rīchi
floating tile; unused tile; tile not part of a meld
isolated tile; lone honor tile, or a suited tile separated by two or more ranks from other complete or incomplete melds
karuta box; playing card case; money-exchange shop coin box
bone tile (e.g. for Chinese dominoes)
yaku-less tenpai; hand that is one tile from completion but cannot satisfy a standard win condition
Examples (1 in total)
Mahjong tiles are very beautiful.