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*'''Souzu''' (bamboos) - The face of the one of bamboo has a bird design on it. Other copies of the suit are numbered by the amount of sticks.
*'''Souzu''' (bamboos) - The face of the one of bamboo has a bird design on it. Other copies of the suit are numbered by the amount of sticks.


Of special interest are the [[terminal]] tiles - these are the 1 and 9 tiles of each suit. Sequences cannot "wrap around" from 9 -> 1 (i.e. you can't have an 891 sequence), so these tiles are harder to use. Terminals are subject to a few special [[yaku]]. Numbers from 2-8 are known as simples.
Of special interest are the [[terminal]] tiles - these are the 1 and 9 tiles of each suit. Sequences cannot "wrap around" from 9 -> 1 (i.e. you can't have an 891 sequence), so terminals are harder to use. However, terminals are subject to a few special [[yaku]]. Numbers from 2-8 are known as simples.


'''[[Jihai]] (honor tiles/word tiles):''' these can be further split into two categories. Honor tiles cannot be used to create sequences, only triplets.
'''[[Jihai]] (honor tiles/word tiles):''' these can be further split into two categories. Honor tiles cannot be used to create sequences, only triplets.
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