𤼵

𤼵 U+24F35, 𤼵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-24F35 ← 𤼴 [U+24F34] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B 𤼶 → [U+24F36]

Translingual

Han character

𤼵 (Kangxi radical 105, 癶+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 弓人弓人大 (NONOK), composition ⿱癶矤)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 784, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2763, character 3
• Unihan data for U+24F35

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 𤼵 – see 發 (“to shoot; to launch; to issue; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 發).

Japanese

Glyph origin

Variant form habitually found in Japanese mahjong tilesets or old Chinese tilesets, whereas modern Chinese tilesets use either 發 or 发.

Kanji

𤼵

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: ほち (hochi)、ほつ (hotsu)
• Kan-on: はつ (hatsu)

Usage notes

Some Japanese fonts do not support this glyph, so 發 (common in Chinese tilesets) or 発 (shinjitai variant of the former) may be substituted.

Etymology

Kanji in this term
𤼵
ハツ Hyōgai
irregular

Alternative spelling
發

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 發.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ハツ [háꜜtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠t͡sɨ]

Noun

𤼵(ハツ) • (hatsu) 

1. (mahjong) Short for 緑發 (ryūfā): green dragon (tile)

   Hypernym: 三元牌 (sangenpai)

2. (mahjong) a 役 (yaku, “winning hand”) with a meld of green dragon tiles, worth 1 翻 (han, “double”)

   Hypernym: 役牌 (yakuhai)

Coordinate terms

• 三(さん)元(げん)牌(パイ) (sangenpai, “dragon tiles”): 白(ハク) (haku, “white dragon”), 𤼵(ハツ) (hatsu, “green dragon”), 中(チュン) (chun, “red dragon”)