List of yaku
One han closed only
Yaku | Japanese | Open/Closed | |
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Tsumo | 門前清自摸和 | Closed only | |
This yaku may apply to any closed hand. Any player who draws a winning tile with a closed hand is awarded this yaku. | |||
Riichi | 立直 | Closed only | |
This is a special yaku applied to closed tenpai hands, which requires the player to make a declaration and "wager". | |||
Ippatasu | 一発 | Closed only | |
This is applied when the player calling riichi wins within 4 tile draws/discards. In addition, the cycle must not be interrupted by tile calls. | |||
Pinfu | 平和 | Closed only | |
Winning tile: or | |||
Typicially known as "all sequences", this is a hand that does not gain fu based on composition, other than that of a closed ron. | |||
Iipeiko | 一盃口 | Closed only | |
This hand includes two identical sequences. | |||
One han
Yaku | Japanese | Open/Closed | |
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Haitei raoyue | 海底撈月 | Open or Closed | |
The hand is completed with the last tile on the wall. | |||
Houtei raoyui | 河底撈魚 | Open or Closed | |
The hand is completed with the very last discarded tile. | |||
Rinshan kaihou | 嶺上開花 | Open or Closed | |
This yaku is awarded upon winning with a tile from the dead wall. | |||
Chankan | 搶槓 | ||
The winning tile for a hand is called on another player's Kan. Essentially, the tile needed to complete a Kan is stolen to complete a winning hand. | |||
Tanyao | 断幺九 | Open or Closed (Closed only on variation) | |
Winning tile: or | |||
A hand composed of only inside (numbers 2-8) tiles | |||
Yakuhai | 役牌 | Open or Closed | |
Winning tile: or | |||
A hand with at least one group of dragon tiles, seat wind, or round wind tiles. This hand can be valued at 1 han for each group. | |||
Two han
- Double riichi 「ダブルリーチ」 Riichi declared on the first round. Closed only.
- Chii toitsu 「七対子」 hand with seven different pairs. Closed only.
- Chanta 「全帯幺九」 All sets contain terminals or honours.
- sanshoku doujun 「三色同順」 A hand with three Chi's of the same numerical sequence, one of each suit.
- Ittsu 「一通貫」 A hand with a set 1 through 9 of a single suit.
- Toi toi 「対々」 All Pons hand.
- San ankou 「三暗刻」3 Pons concealed
- Sanshoku doukou 「三色同刻」 hand with 3 Pons of the same "number".
- San kantsu 「三槓子」 hand with three Kans.
Three han
- Honitsu 「混一色」 hand with tiles from only one of the three suits, in combination with honours.
- Ryanpeikou 「二盃口」 Two sets of "Iipeiko". Closed only.
- Junchan 「純全帯么」 All sets contain at least one terminal.
Four han
- Hounrotou 「混老頭対々和」 All terminals and honors.
- Shousangen 「小三元」 The hand contains two sets of 3 dragon tiles and a pair of the third dragon tiles.
These actually count as two. But they're 4 due to the additional yaku of Toi Toi and 2x Yakuhai respectively.
Six han
This is the only yaku set at 6 han, where the number drops to 5 han when opened.
- Chinitsu 「清一色」 hand composed entirely of tiles from only one of the three suits.
Yakuman
- Kokushi musou 「国士無双」 hand with one of each of the 13 different terminal and honour tiles plus one extra terminal or honour tile. (For some rules, double yakuman for a 13-wait set)
- Chinrotou 「清老頭」 All terminals
- Daisangen 「大三元」 A hand with three Pon's or Kan's sets of the three Dragons.
- Suu ankou 「四暗刻」 A concealed hand with four concealed Pon's. (Tsumo only and depending on rules, Double Yakuman if win on a pair wait)
- Suu kantsu「四槓子」 A hand with four Kan's.
- Shousuushi 「小四喜」 A hand with three Pon's/Kan's sets of winds of and a pair of winds.
- Daisuushi 「大四喜」 A hand with four Pon's/Kan's of winds. (Double Yakuman, depending on the rules)
- Chuuren poutou 「九連宝燈」 A hand consisting of the tiles 1112345678999 in the same suit plus any one extra tile of the same suit.
- Ryuu iisou 「緑一色」 A hand composed entirely of green tiles: 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8 Sou and Hatsu.
- Tsuu iisou 「字一色」 A hand composed entirely of honour tiles.
First round yakuman
- Tenhou 「天和」 The dealer wins on his first turn.
- Chihou 「地和」 A non-dealer player wins on a draw tile at the first round.
Special case
This yaku does not specifically deal with a player's hand, but rather the player's discards. By default, this hand is set to mangan.
- Nagashi mangan 「流し満貫」 All the discards are terminals or honors. Plus, none of the discards were called pon or chi to form melds.
Optional
- Renhou 「人和」 A non-dealer player wins on a discard at the first round. Variance may set this to mangan, or not used at all.