Confusing name question!

[Frow]

Hi! I\'m a beginner player!
Seeing the anime Akagi, I\'ve seen that hand:

1-dot 2-dot 3-dot 1-crak 2-crak 3-crak 1-bam 2-bam 3-bam 9-bam 9-bam red-dra red-dra red-dra

The player refers to this hand to \"3 Color Chun Chan\" (Chun Chan San Shoku?), I know that this hand is named \"San Shoku Doujun\" (Mixed tripple Chii), but, why appers that \"Chun Chan\"? It\'s a variation by the tripple chun? What are the different forms, and how I can know the names?
I don\'t find any hand named like that on internet (I don\'t know all the different hands yet).

Thanks, and please, try to solve my question!

(Sorry my strange english)

[Monadology]

I\'m pretty sure the Chun refers to the Chun. The Chan is probably from \'Chanta\' which is a hand, if I remember the Japanese names correctly, composed only of sets which contain honors and terminals (with at least one run).

[chalwa]

Japanese players like to cobmine yaku names, like mentanpin (menzen tsumo- tanyao- pinfu). So its also like this: chunchan sanshoku: chun from hakuhai (red dragon which name is chun); chan is from chanta (full name honchanta yaouchu; its when you have hand which sets are mad with terminals and honors- yaochupai); and of course sanshoku i short from san shoku doujun as you wrote (sanshoku doukou is so rare thats why there are no problems with recognising which is which one)

[Frow]

I understand now, really, thanks a lot!

(Sorry about no post before, I don\'t have any much time >.<)

[Ruro]

Is there any kind of a system that you use when you combine these expressions? I mean it\'s fairly common to hear about tanpin and such, but i never heard of pintan etc etc. So is there any kind of a logic or it follows some kind of a traditional way ?