Daisharin

Daisharin 「大車輪」 refers to a group of three optional yakuman. To achieve daisharin or its variants, you need a closed hand that contains: 22334455667788, all of the same suit. As optional yakuman, they may or may not be included in the game.

Daisharin
Type Optional yaku
Kanji 大車輪 (for pinzu)
大竹林 (for souzu)
大数隣 (for manzu)
English Big wheels
Bamboo forest
Numerous numbers
Value Yakuman
Speed Very slow
Difficulty Very difficult

The yakuman named "daisharin" itself refers to this pattern with pinzu; daichikurin 「大竹林」 and daisuurin 「大数隣」 apply to souzu and manzu respectively. Calling a hand with souzu as "daisharin" would be incorrect. However, while they are technically three distinct yaku, a ruleset that includes the pinzu daisharin will usually implicitly include daichikurin and daisuurin as well.

Pattern

The pattern for daisharin differs only in which tile is used to win the hand, and will always have at least one yasume tile:

              Agari:   Yasume:   

The same applies to daichikurin:

              Agari:   Yasume:   

and daisuurin:

              Agari:   Yasume:  

Scoring

When classified as distinct yaku, daisharin and company are awarded yakuman. Even if they are not used, however, than hands are worth at least a 10-han baiman:

The high score that this hand naturally achieves helps to explain why it is uncommonly scored as yakuman.

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