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Rules of Mahjong explained in pictures
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General rules – basic

What is required?

4 players, dice, Mahjong tiles

Mahjong tiles

suit tiles (dots, bamboos, characters), honour tiles (dragons, winds), flower tiles (flowers, seasons)


4 x each dots, bamboos from 1 to 9; 1 bamboo is a bird

4 x each characters from 1 to 9, dragons (White, Green, Red), winds (East, South, West, North)

1 x each flowers (plum, orchid, chrysanthemum, bamboo), seasons (spring, summer, autumn, winter)

Sets of tiles

2-tile sets (pair is 2 x identical), 3-tile sets (pung is 3 x identical, chow is sequence of 3 x same suit)

Winning hand

to win, make winning hand (4 x [pung or chow] + 1 x pair) and say Mahjong

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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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