Tile recognition
34 different tiles: three numbered suits, man, pin and sou, plus seven honors. Say a tile as number + suit: 3-man, 5-pin, 1-sou. Written down, the suit becomes one letter, so hands look like 123m 456p 77z (z = honors), and this site writes them that way too. Tap any tile to inspect it.
Manzu 萬子characters · m
Say "3-man". A Chinese numeral above the red character 萬 (10,000).
Pinzu 筒子circles · p
Say "3-pin". Count the circles. The 1-pin is one big ornate circle.
Souzu 索子bamboo · s
Say "3-sou". Count the bamboo sticks. The 1-sou is a bird, often a peacock.
Jihai 字牌honors · z
Four winds and three dragons. Honors can't form sequences.
There are four copies of each tile: 34 × 4 = 136. One 5 in each suit is red (shown here) and counts as a dora.
Red 5-pin
Pinzu 筒子 · 5 of circles
0p
A simple (2–8). Good for tanyao and flexible sequences.
Red five: worth 1 dora on its own.
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