Glossary

🀐Bamboo

One of the three suits. Sticks. The 1 is a bird.

🀐🀑🀒Chow

Three consecutive tiles of the same suit.

🀇Characters

One of the three suits. Also called Craks or Wan.

🀙Circles

One of the three suits. Also called Dots.

Concealed

A set built in your own hand, not claimed from a discard.

🀄Dragons

Red, Green and White. Honour tiles.

🀀East

The dealer's seat.

🀢Flowers

Bonus tiles. Draw one, lay it down, take a replacement.

Goulash

A round played after a wash-out. Tiles are exchanged; no chows allowed.

Honours

Winds and dragons together.

🀀🀀🀀🀀Kong

Four identical tiles. Declare it and draw a replacement.

Mahjong

The call you make on completing your hand.

Melded

A set claimed from a discard and laid face-up.

🀄🀄Pair

Two identical tiles.

Passport

Five or six different honour tiles.

🀄🀄🀄Pung

Three identical tiles.

🀦Seasons

Bonus tiles, like Flowers.

Wall

The square of stacked tiles you draw from.

Wash-out

The wall runs out and nobody has won.

🀀🀁🀂🀃Winds

East, South, West, North. Honour tiles.