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    1. Dictionary
    2. Kanji
    3. 牌

    牌

    牌ぱい

    label

    KMT10Freq #2247GamesKanji12 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    ぱいふだ

    On'yomi

    ハイ

    labelsignboardmedalmahjong tiles

    片卑

    片
    丿
    田
    十

    Stroke 0 / 12

    Speed1.0x

    牋脾牒婢睥痺裨碑婢脾牒牋睥卑片

    Concepts using this kanji

    賞牌

    medal

    三元牌

    dragon tiles

    安全牌

    safe tile

    中張牌

    minor tiles (suited tiles numbered 2 through 8)

    四風牌

    wind tiles

    位牌所

    site of a Buddhist mortuary tablet

    牌九

    pai gow (Chinese gambling game played with dominoes)

    四色牌

    four-color cards (Chinese playing cards)

    宣言牌

    tile discarded and turned sideways after declaring rīchi

    場風牌

    tiles matching the round wind

    牌山

    wall

    山牌

    wall

    連風牌

    tiles matching both the round wind and one's seat wind

    手牌

    tiles in a player's hand

    見せ牌

    tile accidentally or mistakenly shown to other players

    先祖の位牌

    ancestral tablet

    安牌

    safe tile

    多牌

    having too many tiles on one's hand

    打牌

    discarding a tile

    金牌

    gold medal

    上がり牌

    winning tile

    形式聴牌

    yaku-less tenpai

    理牌

    sorting one's tiles

    位牌を汚す

    to disgrace one's ancestors

    位牌

    Buddhist mortuary tablet

    門風牌

    tiles matching one's seat wind

    役牌

    value honor

    位牌堂

    mortuary chapel

    骨牌税

    playing card tax

    孤立牌

    isolated tile

    西洋骨牌

    Western playing cards

    生牌

    tile that has not been discarded once yet

    白牌

    white dragon tile

    数牌

    suited tiles

    字牌

    honor tiles

    配牌

    starting tiles

    牌姿

    tiles in one's hand

    老頭牌

    terminals

    花牌

    flower tile

    竹牌

    bamboo tile

    風牌

    wind tiles

    王牌

    dead wall

    銀牌

    silver medal

    紙牌

    paper card

    么九牌

    terminal and honor tiles (i.e. 1, 9, and non-numbered tiles)

    荘風牌

    tile matching the round wind

    余剰牌

    surplus tile

    浮き牌

    floating tile

    嶺上牌

    replacement tile drawn after declaring a kong

    骨牌

    playing cards

    聴牌

    tenpai

    洗牌

    shuffling of tiles

    壁牌

    wall tiles

    捨て牌

    discarded tiles

    銅牌

    bronze medal

    麻雀牌

    mahjong tile

    牌坊

    paifang (Chinese architectural arch or gateway)

    翻牌

    value honor

    宇牟須牟骨牌

    unsun karuta

    雀牌

    mahjong tile

    牙牌

    bone tile (e.g. for Chinese dominoes)

    ドラ牌

    dora tile

    牌

    tile

    牌譜

    score sheet

    摸牌

    identifying a piece by touch

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    • 丿
    • 十
    • 片
    • 田

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    • 位牌
    • 位牌堂
    • 牌
    • 摸牌
    • 金牌
    • 銅牌
    • 賞牌
    • 銀牌
    • 先祖の位牌
    • 聴牌
    • 宇牟須牟骨牌
    • 雀牌
    • 安全牌
    • 麻雀牌
    • 安牌
    • 位牌を汚す
    • 位牌所
    • 骨牌
    • 字牌
    • 三元牌
    • 洗牌
    • 数牌
    • 嶺上牌
    • 打牌
    • 牌譜
    • 門風牌
    • 荘風牌
    • 場風牌
    • 役牌
    • 連風牌
    • 捨て牌
    • 花牌
    • 老頭牌
    • 風牌
    • 四風牌
    • 翻牌
    • 手牌
    • ドラ牌
    • 王牌
    • 壁牌
    • 牌山
    • 上がり牌
    • 配牌
    • 牌姿
    • 多牌
    • 見せ牌
    • 牌九
    • 生牌
    • 紙牌
    • 西洋骨牌
    • 理牌
    • 竹牌
    • 骨牌税
    • 四色牌
    • 白牌
    • 牌坊
    • 宣言牌
    • 浮き牌
    • 孤立牌
    • 余剰牌
    • 牙牌
    • 山牌
    • 么九牌
    • 中張牌
    • 形式聴牌

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