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==The tile groups== | ==The tile groups== | ||
Mahjong features four | Mahjong features four distinct suits: three numbered suits (manzu, pinzu, souzu), and [[honor]]s. Each tile group ''must'' be composed of a single suit, though a hand can contain tile groups of different suits. | ||
In addition, honor tiles can only | In addition, honor tiles can only make groups with other copies of the same tile; you cannot mix different honor tiles together. As a result, honor tiles cannot be used in sequences. | ||
===Shuntsu=== | ===Shuntsu=== | ||
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'''Shuntsu''' {{kana|順子}} ( | '''Shuntsu''' {{kana|順子}} ("sequence") is a tile group consisting of three consecutive number tiles. Note that 9 does not "wrap around" to 1 - you cannot have sequences of "891" or "912". In addition, you cannot make sequences by using honor tiles. | ||
Closed sequences are called '''anjun''' {{kana|暗順}}. The open variety are '''minjun''' {{kana|明順}}. To form a '''minjun''', players are limited to calling tiles from [[kamicha]], or the player from the left. Discarded tiles from the other two players, that are needed to complete this meld cannot be called upon. Furthermore, an added restriction is applied by [[kuikae]], which applies to calls off of previously completed sequences. | |||
===Koutsu=== | ===Koutsu=== | ||
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'''Koutsu''' {{kana|刻子}} is a tile group consisting of three of the same type of tiles. | '''Koutsu''' {{kana|刻子}} ("triplet") is a tile group consisting of three of the same type of tiles. Players may develop '''minkou''' {{kana|明刻}} (open triplets) by calling on a discarded tile while already having a pair of said tile. | ||
===Kantsu=== | ===Kantsu=== | ||
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'''Kantsu''' {{kana|槓子}} ("quads") are special - in order to count as a proper tile group, a player must declare "[[kan]]". Kan is a special [[Naki|tile call]] with its own set of procedures: first, the four-of-a-kind must be set aside, then a player must draw a replacement tile. | |||
Kantsu count as triplets for the purposes of [[yaku]]. | |||
=== Jantou === | === Jantou === | ||
{{main|Jantou}} | {{main|Jantou}} | ||
'''Jantou''' {{kana|雀}} is the pair of the hand. The terms ''mentsu'' and ''group'' do not refer to the pair, but a pair is required to complete a mahjong hand. | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||