しょうさんげん

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of しょうさんげん – see the following entry.

【小三元】 [noun] (mahjong) a 役 (yaku, “hand”) with melds of two dragon tiles and a pair of the third, worth 2 翻 (han, “doubles”); along with an additional 2 翻 (han) from the 役牌 (yakuhai, “honour meld”) of said two dragon tiles, a combined total of 4 翻 (han)

(This term, しょうさんげん, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)