kan
A Japanese unit of weight, approximately 3.75 kg or 8.267 lb.
Noun board games, games
- A set of four identical tiles.
Synonyms: kong quad four-of-a-kind
- A call declaring the formation of such a set.
Synonyms: kong
Origin
Borrowed from Japanese 槓 (kan).
Forms
Related
Noun alt of, archaic
- Archaic form of khan.
Forms
Noun Entry 3
- 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
Noun Hong Kong
- A catty, legally defined as 0.60478982 kilograms.
Origin
Borrowed from Cantonese 斤 (gan¹).