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[[Image:Saki Yakuman.jpg|350px|thumb|Example hand featuring kans.]] | [[Image:Saki Yakuman.jpg|350px|thumb|Example hand featuring kans.]] | ||
'''Kan''' {{kana|カン}} is a special tile call in the game. This call forms a [[mentsu|tile grouping]] of four identical tiles. While appearing as a four-of-a-kind, a kan meld actually functions as three-of-a-kind plus one extra. With this in mind, upon calling kan, players are required to make an extra draw of the [[dead wall]]. This drawn tile is called the ''rinshanpai''. After the kan call and player's discard, then another [[dora]] indicator is revealed. The strength of kan play stems from the exclusive access to the dead wall and the revealing of additional dora. At the same time, kan play is very risky. Therefore, the ability to call kan is left to a player's discretion. | '''Kan''' {{kana|カン}} is a special tile call in the game. This call forms a [[mentsu|tile grouping]] of four identical tiles. While appearing as a four-of-a-kind, a kan meld actually functions as three-of-a-kind plus one extra. With this in mind, upon calling kan, players are required to make an extra draw of the [[dead wall]]. This drawn tile is called the '''[[rinshanpai]]''', or '''dead wall draw'''. After the kan call and player's discard, then another [[dora]] indicator is revealed. The strength of kan play stems from the exclusive access to the dead wall and the revealing of additional dora. At the same time, kan play is very risky. Therefore, the ability to call kan is left to a player's discretion. | ||
== Procedure == | == Procedure == | ||
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# The player flips the next dora indicator. Some rules may have this step last depending on the type of kan declared. | # The player flips the next dora indicator. Some rules may have this step last depending on the type of kan declared. | ||
# The player may declare a win, declare more kans, or end their turn by discarding normally. | # The player may declare a win, declare more kans, or end their turn by discarding normally. | ||
=== Restrictions === | |||
There are some restrictions to calling kan: | |||
* Live wall tiles must still available for transferred to the dead wall. Otherwise, kan cannot be called. | |||
* Kan called four times by different players invokes [[suukaikan]]. | |||
* After [[naki|taking a discarded tile]], a player cannot call kan, even if a player has the tile(s) available to do so. The next chance will be after the next tile draw. | |||
== Tile arrangements == | == Tile arrangements == | ||