Mahjong Picture Guide
Rules of Mahjong explained in pictures
  • General rules – basic
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General rules – basic

First turn

the dealer makes the 1st turn, if has winning hand - wins, turns tiles faces up for everybody to admire


the dealer makes the 1st turn, if no winning hand - chooses a tile that she does not like, discards it

All other turns

after a player discards, next player counterclockwise draws a tile from live end of the wall, repeat flower replacement until not a flower tile


player gets a non-flower tile, keeps it separately, if has winning hand - wins, turns tiles face up, shows self-drawn winning tile separately

player gets a non-flower tile, if no winning hand - discard it or another tile, placement of discards in rows of 6 in the middle of the table

Claiming discard to win

tile just discarded by any player can be claimed to finish a winning hand by completing pair or chow or pung; earlier discards cannot be claimed


to claim discard, say Mahjong, turn your tiles face up, take it, show it separately, priority between 2 players claiming the same discard is in order of turns counterclockwise from the discarder, does not matter who speaks first

Claiming discard to meld

tile just discarded can be claimed to complete a chow from player on the left, or a pung from any player; earlier discards cannot be claimed


to claim a discard, say Chi for chow or Pung for pung, turn your 2 tiles face up, take the discard, put it with your 2 tiles, discard another tile; Pung overrides Chi, does not matter who speaks first

next turn in order of turns after the player who claimed the discard; Mahjong overrides Pung overrides Chi

turn and place the discard to show who discarded it; standing tiles can be rearranged at any time; melds cannot be changed or rearranged; standing tiles + melds = 13 tiles; + winning tile = 14 tiles to make a winning hand

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  • What is required?
  • Mahjong tiles
  • Sets of tiles
  • Winning hand
  • Building the wall
  • Breaking the wall
  • Dealing the tiles
  • Flower replacement
  • First turn
  • All other turns
  • Claiming discard to win
  • Claiming discard to meld
  • Last turn
  • Can we start playing?

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