Hanchan

Hanchan 「半荘」 encapsulates one game of Japanese mahjong. A typical game involves two rounds designated as East and then South. Even if a game ends early, such as when a player falls below zero points, then it is still considered to be a full game. For shorter games, players may play tonpussen 「東風戦」, or East only games.

Wind rounds

Typical games begin with the East round, or tonkyoku 「東局」. After that, the game moves into the South round, or nankyoku 「南局」. If necessary, it can go into the West round, or shaakyoku 「西局」.

Game proceeding

Designation	Japanese	English
E1-0
E2-0
E3-0
E4-0
E4-1
S1-0