kan

A Japanese unit of weight, approximately 3.75 kg or 8.267 lb.

Noun board games, games

  1. A set of four identical tiles.

    Synonyms: kong quad four-of-a-kind

  2. A call declaring the formation of such a set.

    Synonyms: kong

Origin

Borrowed from Japanese 槓 (kan).

Forms

kans

Related

kan cheong kan ni na kan ni na bu

Noun alt of, archaic

  1. Archaic form of khan.

Forms

kans

Noun Entry 3

  1. A Japanese unit of weight, approximately 3.75 kg or 8.267 lb.
    • After having subtracted the bad and uncollectable debt above, the net property was around 32000 kan of silver […] - 2000, Hideo Yamashita, Healthy Culture and Unhealthy Culture:

Origin

Borrowed from Japanese 貫 (kan).

Forms

kan

Noun Hong Kong

  1. A catty, legally defined as 0.60478982 kilograms.

Origin

Borrowed from Cantonese 斤 (gan¹).

Forms

kans