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Twelve-tile mahjong is a variation that can be played like any other rule set with 13 tiles. The only difference is that your hand contains one less tile. In its place is an invisible joker or wild...
Story
The story takes place 13 years after World War II where thirteen year old Akagi Shigeru takes refuge in a mahjong parlor in Midori in order to flee from police officers. Here it is...
All Chows contains no pungs or kongs, only sequences.
Example
chow
chow
chow
chow
pair
Value
CC: 1 double (hand cannot contain a scoring pair)
CO: 2 points (hand cannot contain a pair...
All Even Pungs is a hand consisting of four pungs/kong and a pair, using only even-numbered suit tiles.
Example
pung
pung
pung
pung
pair
Chinese Official
Does not combine with: All...
All Fives is a hand that uses a 5 suit tile in every set including the pair.
Example
chow
chow
pung
chow
pair
Value
CO: 16 points
All Green is a limit hand consisting four sets and a pair where all the tiles are green. The tiles which are solely green: 2-bam, 3-bam, 4-bam, 6-bam, 8-bam, and green dragon. This is one of the...
All Honors as the name implies is hand composed solely of honor tiles including the pair.
Example
pung
pung
pung
pung
pair
Value
CC: Limit
CO: 64 points
HKOS: 64 fan
JM: Yakuman
ZJ: 320...
All Pungs as the name implies is a hand composed of four pungs/kongs and a pair. If all four pungs/kongs are concealed it is a limit hand.
Example
pung
pung
pung
pung
pair
Value
CC: 1...
All Simples contain no terminals or honors. In other words it only contains numbered tiles from 2 through 8.
Example
pung
chow
chow
pung
pair
Japanese Modern Mahjong
In some variations...
All Terminals like the name implies is a hand consisting of only 1s and 9s as pungs or kongs and a pair.
Example
pung
pung
pung
pung
pair
Value
CC: Limit
CO: 64 points
JM: Yakuman
ZJ:...
All Terminals and Honors like the name implies is a hand that is solely composed pungs/kongs of 1's, 9's, and honor tiles.
Example
pung
pung
pung
pung
pair
Value
CC: 1 double
CO: 32...
All Types is a hand in which each set, including the pair, is composed of a different type of tiles (characters, bamboos, dots, winds, and...
American Mahjong:
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For every hand, your basic goal is to be the first player to make a complete hand. The hand may contain sets that...
American mahjong sets includes 152 tiles, racks, chips, and dice. Score cards are needed to play the game.
Tiles
Red, Green, and Joker tiles
American mahjong sets will include the...
American Mahjong:
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Development
During the 1920s when mahjong was first introduced to the United States there were many variations...
American Mahjong:
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Death Challenge
A player may have a dead hand, or a hand that is not eligible to win, for several reasons:
Player...
American Mahjong:
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Books
Sandberg, Elaine. Beginner's Guide to American Mah Jongg. Tuttle Publishing, 2007. ISBN 080483878X
Sloper,...
2007's card
Score cards are used in American mahjong and are published each year by the National Mahjongg League. They contain the most up to date rules and scoring patterns.
American Mahjong:
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The NMJL publishes a new scoring card each year, so there is no standard or set hands that the game uses.
Initial...
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Study the Scoring Elements
In order to be successful at mahjong you should study the scoring elements. You don’t need to memorize every single detail but you should be familiar with the general...
The Beginner's Guide will introduce you to the very basics of the game. The basic rules written here are pretty much the standard core principles across most forms of mahjong. This page is written...
Big Four Winds is a hand that contains a pung/kong of each of the four winds.
Example
pung
pung
pung
pung
In some variations the player who discarded the wind tile that completes the...
Big Three Dragons is a hand that includes three dragon pung/kong.
Example
pung
pung
pung
In some variations the player who discarded the dragon tile that completes the third pung/kong when...
Big Three Winds is a hand that contains three pungs/kong of winds.
Example
pung
pung
pung
Value
CO: 12 points
ZJ: 120 points
Blessing of Earth (earthly hand) is a when a player wins on a self-drawn tile in the very first go-around. In order for hand to qualify, the go-around cannot be interrupted by a chow, pung, or...
Blessing of Heaven (heavenly hand) is a when the dealer wins on his initial deal. Concealed kongs are not allowed.
Value
CC: Limit
HKOS: Limit
JM: Yakuman
Also Known As
JM: Tenhou [天和]
Sea...
Blessing of Man is when a player wins on a discard in the very first go-around. In order for hand to qualify, the go-around cannot be interrupted by a chow, pung, or (concealed or melded) kong,...
List of books on mahjong (English)
Barr, Jenn. Reach Mahjong: The Only Way to Play. Huntington Press: 2009. ISBN 193539634X.
Lo, Amy. The Book of Mah Jong: An Illustrated Guide. Tuttle Publishing:...
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Chicken Hand is a score-less hand without point value. It is often used in defensive play to prevent a player from scoring a high-scoring hand.
Value
CC: 1 double (can go out on a one-chance wait...
Chinese Classical:
Overview
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The object of the game is to complete a hand before anyone else using 14 tiles. The hand will consist of four sets...
This is a listing of all the Chinese Classical related pages.
Chinese Classical:
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Penalties
Under no circumstances can these calls be withdrawn:
Discard
Change of Heart
If a player calls for a...
Books
Whitney, Eleanor Noss. A Mahjong Handbook: How to Play, Score, and Win. Tuttle Publishing, 2007. ISBN 0804838747.
Chinese Classical:
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Preliminaries
Equipment
Bams
Cracks
Dots
Winds
Dragons
Flowers
Seasons
Jokers
Red tiles
Tiles...
Chinese Classical:
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Chinese Classical scoring is pung-based. You earn points for each set that is a pung or kong; no points for chows....
Chinese mahjong sets typically include 144 tiles, a wind indicator, chips, and dice. They include the tiles needed to play most forms of Asian mahjong but lack the joker tiles needed to play...
Chinese Official:
Overview
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Chinese Official rules has been existence for about a decade, developed for the the purpose of international...
Chinese Official:
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Development
Chinese Official mahjong was developed in 1998 by the China State Sports Commission, in the interest...
Chinese Official:
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For minor infractions the player is warned the first time, subsequent times beyond the first merit a penalty of 5...
Chinese Official:
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Books
Prichard, David. The New Mahjong. Elliot Right Way Books, 2004. ISBN 0716021641
Rep, Jelte. The Great Mahjong...
Chinese Official:
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A minimum of eight points is needed to call for mahjong. There is less emphasis on Dragon tiles and concealed...
Chips
Chips are used as method of scoring. Just like dice, any type of chips would suffice. However, some chips are noticeably different from poker chips because of their hollow middle...
A chow (declared as chow or chi) is a set of three tiles of the same suit and consecutive numbers. Honor tiles cannot be used in chows; neither can bonus tiles. Chows cannot be looped from 9 back...
Closed Wait is going out solely on the middle tile of a chow. This tile must be the only one that will complete four sets and a pair.
Example
…
Waiting on 2-bam
Value
CC: 2 points
CO: 1...
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Concealed tiles (hidden or standing tiles) are tiles that are in your hand. If you have a concealed chow or pung you have no obligation to announce it or reveal it. Heck, you have no obligation to...
Concealed Hand is a hand in which all tiles are self-drawn except for the last tile which is discarded.
Value
CC: 10 points
CO: 2 points
ZJ: 5 points
See Also
Fully Concealed Hand
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The dead wall is the last seven stacks (14 tiles total) of the wall. Dead wall tiles are never played except when players declare kongs or flowers and draw a replacement tile (also called...
Dealing is where the wall is broken apart and tiles are distributed to each player. This section takes place after seats have been chosen.
Breaking the Wall
Player Indicated
# Rolled (2...
Mahjong Dice
Dice are used to determine seating and wall breaking. Typical sets come with two to three dice. Any type of six-sided dice would suffice. However, mahjong dice are noticeably...
The last fourteen tiles at the end of the wall are separated from the rest. These tiles are never played (known as the dead wall).
The last four tiles (two stacks) of the dead wall are used for kan...
Double Pung is a hand that includes two pungs/kong of the same number in two different suits.
Example
pung
pung
Value
CO: 2 points
Dragon Pung is a three identical dragon tiles. A kong of dragons also counts a dragon pung for all intents and scoring purposes.
Example
pung
Value
CC: 1 double
CO: 2 points
HKOS: 1 fan
JM:...
Edge Wait is solely needing a 3 to complete a 123 chow or a 7 to complete a 789 for mahjong. This tile must be the only one that will complete four sets and a pair.
Example
Waiting for...
The very basic equipment needed to play a mahjong game is tiles and dice. Not all sets contain the same number of tiles. In general, Asian mahjong sets will lack the joker tiles needed to play...
Make sure your mahjong group agrees on which penalties you will enforce.
Minor Penalties
For the following errors, the offender pays no penalty.
Player calls discard incorrectly.
Player draws...
European Mahjong Association (EMA), formed in 2005, is composed of several member organizations. It was formed during the Open European Mahjong Championship (OEMC) which was held in Nijmegen,...
Plot
Andy is an extremely compulsive Mahjong player. Thrown out of the house by his mother and ignored by his more academically gifted and successful younger brother, Louis, he had a hard time...
Flowers (also known as bonus tiles) are collection of both flower and season tiles. There isn't any standard or set graphic for these tiles and may vary from set to set what is show here. Most...
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Four Concealed Pungs are four pungs/kongs that are self-drawn.
pung
pung
pung
pung
Japanese Modern Mahjong
Winning on a discard is only allowed if the player is waiting on a single wait....
Four Kongs as the name implies is a hand containing of four kongs either concealed or melded.
Example
kong
kong
kong
kong
In some Japanese mahjong versions a pair is not needed when going...
Four Shifted Chows is a hand that contains four chows each "shifted" one or two numbers up from the last (but not both).
Example 1
chow
chow
chow
chow
Example...
Four Pure Shifted Pungs is a hand that contains four pungs (or kongs) “shifted” one number up from the last.
Example
Value
CO: 48 points
ZJ: 200 points
Also known as
Four Consecutive...
What mahjong is
The mahjong that is mentioned refers to the four-player game. (It may be spelled mahjongg, mah-jong, majan — but we'll stick with 'mahjong' for convention's sake). It is usually...
Full Flush is a hand composed of one suit without honor tiles.
Example
pung
chow
chow
pung
pair
Value
CC: 4 doubles
CO: 24 points
HKOS: 6 fan
JM: 6 han (concealed hand), 5 han
ZJ:...
Full Concealed Hand is a hand in which all tiles are self-drawn including the winning tile.
Value
CC: 1 double
CO: 4 points
JM: 1 han
Also known as
JM: Closed Tsumo, Menzen Tsumo...
Terminology
Japanese
B
Bamboos (tiles)
Thirty-six suit tiles with a picture of bamboos or sticks. The 1-Bamboo tile is depicted with a bird or single bamboo. Also known as bams.
Bams
See...
Greater Honors And Knitted Tiles is a special hand that is formed with one of each single honor tile and single suit tiles from "knitted" sequences. Greater Honors And Knitted Tiles must be...
Half Flush is a hand composed of one suit and honor tiles.
Example
pung
chow
pung
pung
pair
Value
CC: 1 double
CO: 6 points
HKOS: 3 fan
JM: 3 han (concealed hand), 2 han
ZJ: 40...
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Hong Kong New Style:
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Hong Kong New Style (HKNS) (also known as Chinese New Style or Shanghai) features a scoring system with many...
Hong Kong New Style:
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Equipment
Bams
Cracks
Dots
Winds
Dragons
Flowers
Seasons
Jokers
Red tiles
Tiles...
Hong Kong New Style:
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Footnotes
Lo, Amy. The Book of Mah Jong: An Illustrated Guide. Tuttle Publishing: 2001. ISBN...
Hong Kong New Style:
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Initial Points
Because HKNS mahjong is also a gambling game, no initial points are specified. If you are playing...
Hong Kong Old Style
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Development
The variation of HKOS branched off of traditional mahjong after the Second World War, where it was...
This is a listing of all the Hong Kong Old Style related pages.
Hong Kong Old Style
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Erroneous Mahjong
If an erroneous mahjong is called the offender pays each player 4 fan worth
Wrong...
Hong Kong Old Style
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Books
Lo, Amy. The Book of Mah Jong: An Illustrated Guide. Tuttle Publishing: 2001. ISBN...
Hong Kong Old Style
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Hong Kong Old Style (HKOS) (also known as Chinese Old Style or Cantonese) features a simple scoring system, which...
Hong Kong Old Style
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Initial Points
Because HKOS mahjong is also a gambling game, no initial points are specified. If you are playing...
Honors are the non-numbered tiles in a mahjong set. The honor tiles are separated into two categories: four winds (east, south, west, north) and three dragons (red, white, green). There are four of...
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Ippatsu [一発] (one shot) occurs when a player declares riichi and wins within the first go-around. This includes winning on a self-drawn tile on the player's next draw. A go-around can be...
Jade Dragon is a hand that contains only pungs and/or kongs of Bamboo and Green Dragon Tiles.
Example
pung
pung
pung
pung
pair
Value
HK: 6 fan, Limit
Jan Sangoku Musou
ニンテンドーＤＳ版 『雀・三國無双』
Publisher(s)
KOEI
Designer(s)
KOEI
Platform(s)
Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii, Playstation PSP
Release date(s)...
Japanese Classical:
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This is a listing of all the Japanese Classical related pages.
Japanese Classical:
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Books
Whitney, Eleanor Noss. A Mahjong Handbook: How to Play, Score, and Win. Tuttle Publishing, 2007. ISBN...
Japanese Classical:
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A complete game last 4 rounds (or 16 hands). The game's length may be prolonged if the dealer wins, in which the...
Japanese Mahjong Set includes 144 tiles, scoring sticks, dealer marker, yakitori markers, and dice.
Tiles
Japanese mahjong sets will include the tiles needed to play most forms of Asian mahjong...
Japanese Modern:
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The object of the game is to complete a hand before anyone else using 14 tiles. The hand will consist of four sets...
Japanese Modern:
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After winning add up all the yaku and convert the values using the charts below.
Initial Points
As these rules are...
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Jokers are distinctly used in American mahjong. The joker tile is usually depicted with the word ‘joker’ written out. There are typically eight jokers in a set.
Joker tiles cannot be used as a...
Knitted Straight is a special hand that is formed with "knitted" sequences. A knitted straight must be composed of the sets 147, 258, and 369 each of a different suit. Knitted sequences cannot be...
A kong (kan, gang) is a set of four identical tiles. A kong is considered a pung in hands that deal with all pungs. These are kongs:
…
Developing a Kong
There are a few ways to develop a...
Chinese Official Mahjong does not have a linear scoring pattern with kongs. The following table breaks down the basic scoring fan.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Fan - - - - - - - - - - - - - -...
Korean Mahjong:
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The object of the game is to complete a hand that consists of at least two points before any other player.
Gameplay
During the game a player may call...
Korean Mahjong:
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Bams
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Flowers
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Tiles used
104 tiles (Characters, Dots,...
Korean Mahjong:
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A winning hand requires at least 2 points before winning. After the hand is won add up all the points that the hand...
Plot
Chi Mo Sai (Yuen Wah) meets Wong (Roger Kwok) in Auntie Fei's (Yuen Qiu) cafe and learns that Wong has a photographic memory. He decides to exploit this skill by teaching Wong gambling, but...
Kung Fu Mahjong 2 (simplified Chinese: 雀圣2自摸天后; traditional Chinese: 雀聖2自摸天后) is a 2005 Hong Kong film directed by Wong Jing and starring Cherrie Ying, Yuen Wah and Yuen...
Last Tile is a scoring element in which you win on a tile that is the last of its kind. This fact must be clear based on the visible discards, melds, and the winning player's hand.
Value
CO: 4...
Last Tile Claim is claiming the very last discarded tile for mahjong.
Value
CC: 1 double
CO: 8 points
HKOS: 1 fan
JM: 1 han
ZJ: 10 points
Also known as
CC: Last Discarded Tile
JM: Last Tile Ron,...
Last Tile Draw is self-drawing the very last tile for mahjong.
Value
CC: 1 double
CO: 8 points
HKOS: 1 fan
JM: 1 han
ZJ: 10 points
Also known as
CC: Last Tile of Wall
JM: Under the Sea, Haitei...
Legendary Gambler Tetsuya
Shōbushi Densetsu Tetsuya
(勝負師伝説哲也)
Genre
Gambling
Manga
Author
Fumei Sai
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Publisher...
Lesser Honors And Knitted Tiles is a special hand that is formed with single honor tiles and single suit tiles from "knitted" sequences. Lesser Honors And Knitted Tiles must be self-drawn, except...
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The Genius Who Descended into the Darkness
闇に舞い降りた天才 Yami ni maiorita...
Legendary Gambler Tetsuya has been adapted by Toei Animation as a 20-episode anime television series broadcast on TV Asahi from October 7, 2000 to March 24, 2001.
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Little Four Winds is a hand that contains a pung/kong of three winds and a pair of the fourth.
Example
pung
pung
pung
pair
Value
CC: 1 double
CO: 64 points
JM: Yakuman
ZJ: 320...
Little Three Dragons is a hand that includes two pungs/kongs of dragons and a pair of the third.
Example
pung
pung
pair
Value
CC: 1 double
CO: 64 points
HKOS: 4 fan
JM: 4 han (two dragon...
Lower Four is a hand consisting entirely of 1, 2, 3, and 4 suit tiles.
Example
chow
pung
pung
chow
pair
Value
CO: 12 points
See also
Upper Four
Lower Tiles is a hand consisting entirely of 1, 2, and 3 suit tiles.
Example
pung
chow
pung
chow
pair
Value
CO: 24 points
See also
Middle Tiles
Upper Tiles
Mahjong (also delcared as hu, maj, or out) is a complete hand consisting of four sets and a pair. A set can be a chow, pung, or kong either melded or concealed. The pair can only be melded when...
Mahjong Fight Club DS Wi-Fi Taiou
麻雀格鬥俱樂部 DS - Wi-Fi 對應
Publisher(s)
Konami
Designer(s)
Konami
Platform(s)
Nintendo DS
Release date(s)
Dec 07,...
Mahjong (also spelled mahjongg, sometimes hyphenated or syllabicated) is a game for four players that originated in China. Mahjong involves skill, strategy, calculation, and luck. The object of the...
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Gameplay
Five stages of play in Survival mode. There is also a customizable Free Play mode and Battle modes.
Beginner-friendly features
Mahjong Taikai includes a glossary and assistance playing...
Melded tiles (also known as exposed, revealed, or open) are sets that contain one discarded tile and two concealed tiles. A player may claim a discard by chowing or punging the most recently...
Melded Hand is a hand composed of four melded sets and a pair. Meaning, a discarded tiled was claimed to make up each part of your hand.
Value
CO: 6 points
Middle Tiles is a hand consisting entirely of 4, 5, and 6 suit tiles.
Example
pung
chow
pung
chow
pair
Value
CO: 24 points
See also
Upper Tiles
Lower Tiles
Minna no Mahjong: Kenkou Mahjong
みんなの麻雀DS
Publisher(s)
MTO
Designer(s)
MTO
Platform(s)
Nintendo DS
Release date(s)
Apr 28, 2005
Genre(s)
Board Game
Mode(s)
Single...
Mixed Double Chow is a hand that includes two chows of the same numbers but in different suits.
Example
chow
chow
Value
CO: 1
See also
Mixed Triple Chow
Mixed Shifted Chows is a hand that includes three chows, of a different suit, each "shifted" up one number from the last.
Example
chow
chow
chow
Value
CO: 6 points
Mixed Shifted Pungs is a hand that contains three pungs/kong, each of a different suit, "shifted" one number up from the last.
Example
pung
pung
pung
Value
CO: 8 points
Mixed Straight consists of three chows, each a different suit, creating a consecutive run of nine numbers.
Example
chow
chow
chow
Value
CO: 8 points
Mixed Triple Chow are three chows of the same numerical sequence, each of a different suit.
Example
chow
chow
chow
Value
CO: 8 points
JM: 2 han
ZJ: 35 points
Also known as
Triple Run,...
Nagashi Mangan (流し満貫) is a special hand in Japanese Modern mahjong that cannot be combined with any other hand. A player who is going for nagashi mangan has to meet several...
The National Mah Jongg League (NMJL) is responsible for publishing the American version of the rules and supplies the Official Standard Hands and Rules Cards each year. Their website provides FAQs,...
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Gameplay
A training mode puts you through a number of tough situations, offering advice from pros. Here, you can study and practice a collection of mahjong questions. The game also includes...
Nine Gates is a single-suited, concealed hand composed of 1112345678999. It can go out on any of the nine tiles from the same suit.
Example
pung
chow
chow
chow
pair
- - Nine Gates...
No Honor Tiles is a hand that uses suit tiles only.
Example
Value
CO: 2 points
One Voided Suit is a hand that uses tiles from only two of the three suits. The hand can include honors.
Example
Hand is lacking character tiles.
Value
CO: 1 point
Results
The tournament was weighted at 1 MORSE point. The top three players received trophies; the top player also received a gold plated tile; the top French player received a...
Results
The tournament was weighted at 1 MORSE point. The top three players received trophies; the top player also received a gold plated tile; the top Hungarian player received a...
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The tournament was weighted at 1 MORSE point. The top three players received trophies; the top player also received a gold plated tile; the top Dutch player received a...
Open Riichi (oopun riichi) is when a player who declares riichi can decide to reveal the section of his hand that he is waiting to complete.
Example
This player can win on a 1-Bam or...
Outside Hand is a hand that includes terminals and honors in each set, including the pair, and at least one chow.
Example
chow
chow
pung
pung
pair
Value
CO: 4 points
JM: 2 han...
Out with a Replacement Tile is winning on the replacement tile drawn after declaring a kong. Counts as self-drawn.
Value
CC: 1 double
CO: 8 points
HKOS: 1 fan
JM: 1 han
ZJ: 15 points
Also known...
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Pearl Dragon is a hand that contains only pungs and/or kongs of Dot and White Dragon tiles.
Example
pung
pung
pung
pung
pair
Value
HKOS: 6 fan, Limit
Pinfu (平和) is similar to an All Chows hand but has several restrictive properties. Pinfu has to be a concealed hand (going out on a discard is okay), it cannot contain any value pair (i.e....
Marks the original dealer
This triangular indicator marks the player who is the original East. It is usually made out of plastic and is common in Chinese mahjong sets. This made to fit...
Prevalent Wind is referring to a pung (or kong) of the wind of the round.
Value
CC: 1 double
CO: 2 points
HKOS: 1 fan
JM: 1 han
Also known as
Table Wind
See Also
Seat Wind
A pung (declared as pung, peng, pon) is a set of three identical tiles. These are pungs:
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These are pungs
Developing a Pung
A pung that is composed of tiles from your hand...
Pung of Terminals or Honors is a hand which includes a pung/kong of 1's, 9's, or winds that are neither the prevalent wind nor the player's seat wind.
Example 1
pung
Example...
Pure Double Chow are two identical chows.
Example
chow
chow
Value
CO: 1 point
JM: 1 han (hand must be concealed)
ZJ: 10 points
Also known as
Double Run, Iipeikou [一盃口] (JM)
Two...
Pure Shifted Chows is a hand that includes three chows in one suit, each shifted up either one or two numbers from the last, but not a combination of both.
Example 1
chow
chow
chow
Example...
Pure Shifted Pungs is a hand that contains three pungs/kongs “shifted” one number up from the last.
Example
Value
CO: 24 points
JM: 3 han (concealed), 2 han
ZJ: 100 points
Also known...
Pure Shifted Simple Pairs (the chariot, daisharin [大車輪]) is a hand composed of seven shifted, simple pairs. The hand is concealed and always goes out on a single wait.
Value
JM:...
Pure Straight is a numerical sequence from 1-9, composed of three chows from the same suit.
Example
chow
chow
chow
Value
CC: 1 double
CO: 16 points
JM: 2 han (concealed hand), 1 han
ZJ:...
Pure Terminal Chows is a one-suited hand containing two sets of two terminal chows and a pair of 5s. The structure is exactly...
Pure Triple Chow are three chows of the same numerical sequence and of the same suit.
Example
chow
chow
chow
Value
CO: 24 points
JM: 2 han
ZJ: 120 points
Also known as
JM: Iisou...
Quadruple Chow is a hand that contains four identical chows and any pair.
Example
chow
chow
chow
chow
Value
CO: 48 points
ZJ: 480 points
Also known as
Four Identical Sequences (ZJ)
Mahjong racks
Racks are used to hold tiles in the hand (of course) and are generally made out of plastic or wood. They also double as level to straighten out the walls. Plastic racks...
Red Tiles (akapai, akago) are specific to Japanese mahjong. If this variation is played, a one five from each suit is replaced with a red five before playing. Upon winning a player earns an extra...
Reversible Tiles consists of 4 sets and a pair using reversible tiles. Reversible tiles are 1-dot, 2-dot, 3-dot, 4-dot, 5-dot, 8-dot, 9 dot, 2-bam, 4-bam, 5-bam, 6-bam, 8-bam, 9-bam, and White...
Riichi 「立直」 (reach or ready) occurs when a player with a concealed hand is one tile away from winning, declares “riichi” and places a 1000 point bet on the table and rotating his...
Riichi Competition Rules:
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The object of the game is to complete a hand before anyone else using 14 tiles. The hand will consist of...
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Chombo
A chombo is a severe penalty. The offender pays 4000 to East and 2000 to others. If East is the...
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A minimum of one yaku is needed to call for mahjong. Emphasis is placed on concealed hands. After winning...
Robbing the Kong occurs by winning off the tile that an opponent adds to a melded pung.
Example
Robbing the kong occurs when you win off of an opponent's tile that is used to promote a melded pung...
Ruby Dragon is a hand that contains only pungs and/or kongs of Character and Red Dragon tiles.
Example
pung
pung
pung
pung
pair
Value
HK: 6 fan, Limit
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Initial Points
Each player starts with an initial 500 points. A limit is set to 500 points. Dealer earns double up...
Scoring sticks
Scoring Sticks (counting sticks, betting sticks, bones, tallies, counters, tenbo [点棒]) like chips, are used to keep score. Sticks have different number of spots which...
It is important to know that in mahjong the winds do not follow the cardinal directions (north, east, south, west) like on a compass. They follow the Asian cardinal points (east, south, west,...
Method 1
Before the tiles are shuffled and the wall is built, each player sits down arbitrarily at the table. Set aside one of each wind tile, an even, and an odd numbered tile. Shuffle the wind...
Main Article: Seating
Before the tiles are shuffled and the wall is built, each player sits down arbitrarily at the table. Set aside one of each wind tile, an even, and an odd numbered tile....
Seat Wind is referring to a pung (or kong) of the player's seat wind.
Value
CC: 1 double
CO: 2 points
HKOS: 1 fan
JM: 1 han
ZJ: 10 points
Also known as
Value Honor (ZJ)
See Also
Prevalent...
Self-drawn is referring to winning on a tile drawn from the wall. In many variations of mahjong, drawing the winning tile requires all opponents to pay.
Value
CC: 2 points
CO: 2 points
HKOS: 1...
Seven Pairs as the name implies is a hand composed of seven pairs. The hand is concealed and always goes out on a single wait.
Example
pair
pair
pair
pair
pair
pair
pair
Japanese...
Seven Shifted Pairs is an irregular hand consisting of seven pairs from one suit with each number “shifted” one up from the next. Pairs cannot be melded: all tiles must be self-drawn except for...
Shanten is a Japanese mahjong term which describes the number of tiles away from or one away from ready (tempai). It is usually preceded by a number, for instance ii shanten is one tiles away from...
Short Straight consists of two chows of the same suit, creating a consecutive run of six numbers.Short straights do not have to start at 1.
Example
chow
chow
Value
CO: 1 point
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Simple DS Series Vol. 1 - The Mahjong
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Single Wait is solely needing a single tile to complete a pair for mahjong. This tile must be the only one that will complete four sets and a pair.
Value
CC: 2 points
CO: 1 point
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Small Three Similar Triplets is two pungs/kongs and a pair of one number, all of different suits.
Value
JM: 1 han
ZJ: 30
Also Known As
JM: San Shoku Sho Doukoo [三色小同刻]
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Suits are the numbered tiles in a mahjong set. Unlike a deck of cards, mahjong only has three suits: bamboos, characters, and dots and are numbered 1 through 9. There are four of each suit tile...
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Miss Win
A player cannot go out on a tile that he has missed should another player discard the same tile during the same...
Taiwanese:
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Books
Lo, Amy. The Book of Mah Jong: An Illustrated Guide. Tuttle Publishing: 2001. ISBN 0804833028.
Footnotes
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Taiwanese mahjong requires five sets and a pair. This 16-tile variant is popular in Taiwan and the...
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A limit of 300 points is often set (600 for the dealer).
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Thirteen Orphans is a limit hand that consists of one of each terminal and honor tile. The fourteenth tile can be any other terminal or honor tile. All tiles must be self-drawn except for the last...
Thirteen Unrelated Tiles (Shiisan puutaa) is a special hand in Japanese Mahjong. The dealer's first hand1 must consist of “un-meldable” tiles and a pair. Other sources are inclusive of...
Three Concealed Pungs are three pungs/kongs that are all self-drawn.
pung
pung
pung
Value
CC: 1 double
CO: 16 points
JM: 2 han
ZJ: 25 points
Also known as
Three Closed Sets (JM)
Three...
Three Kongs as the name implies is a hand containing three kongs either concealed or melded.
Example
kong
kong
kong
Value
CO: 32 points
JM: 2 han
ZJ: 120 points
Also known as
JM: Three...
Three-Suited Terminal Chows is a three-suited hand containing two sets of two terminal chows, each a different suit, and a pair of 5s of the third suit. The structure is exactly...
Tile hog is having all four of the same numerical tile in more than one set. Kongs do not count as a tile hog. This pattern is found in Chinese Official and New Style mahjong.
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Triple Pung is a hand that contains three pungs/kong of the same number.
Example
pung
pung
pung
Value
CO: 16 points
JM: 2 han
ZJ: 120 points
Also known as
JM: Triple Pon, San Shoku...
Two Concealed Pungs as the name implies is a hand that contains two concealed pungs.
Value
CO: 2 points
ZJ: 5 points
Also known as
Two Concealed Triplets (ZJ)
See Also
Three Concealed...
Two Dragon Pungs as the name implies is a hand that includes two pungs (or kongs) of dragons.
Example
pung
pung
Value
CO: 6 points
Two Terminal Chows is a hand that includes a 123 chow and a 789 chow in the same suit.
Example
chow
chow
Value
CO: 1 point
Upper Four is a hand consisting entirely of 6, 7, 8, and 9 suit tiles.
Example
pung
chow
pung
chow
pair
Value
CO: 12 points
See also
Lower Four
Upper Tiles is a hand consisting entirely of 7, 8, and 9 suit tiles.
Example
pung
chow
pung
chow
pair
Value
CO: 24 points
See also
Middle Tiles
Lower Tiles
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Wind Indicator
Wind indicators are used to display the current wind. It is usually held with East (dealer). In American mahjong it is referred to as a bettor, as a fifth player will use...
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World Series of Mahjong:
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The object of the game is to complete a hand before anyone else using 14 tiles. The hand will consist of four...
World Series of Mahjong:
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Development
Zung Jung rules have been in development for over a decade, and it aims to be an international...
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Errors in Dealing
Wrong dice thrower: If the wrong player has casted the dice, the dice should be re-cast...
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WSOM features 44 scoring patterns any of which will be eligible for a winning hand. There is less emphasis on...
Table Options
Upon creating a new table you have the option to play with flowers and seasons and the ability to set the limit amount (from 1 to 65,536).
New features such as 16-tile mahjong and...
Yakitori markers
Yakitori (焼鳥) is literally a roasted chicken. In mahjong, playing with the Yakitori rule is adding an additional penalty for any player who has not been able to win....
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