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'''Honiisou''' {{kana|混一色}} is a standard [[yaku]]. Normally translated as a "half flush", this yaku features a hand composed only of honor tiles and tiles of a single suit. If the hand contains no honor tiles, then the [[chinitsu]] yaku is counted instead.

Honitsu is aligned to a single suit. Therefore, this yaku is compatible with other yaku, that follows that pattern; and multiple suited yaku do not apply, namely [[sanshoku]] and [[sanshoku doukou]].  Naturally, the "single suited" yaku of [[ittsu]] can merge with honitsu, only if the fourth [[mentsu|tile group]] is of the same suit or is a set of honours. Other yaku are able to function with multiple suits; but they are also possible using single suits, namely [[toitoi]] and [[sanankou]].  The same applies for [[chiitoitsu]].  Commonly, this yaku works with [[yakuhai]], and likewise, [[shousangen]].

Of course, honitsu is not compatible with [[chinitsu]], because every chinitsu hand is honitsu. Honitsu combined with [[tanyao]] or [[junchan]] would actually imply chinitsu instead, since there would be no honours.

This yaku is affected by [[kuisagari]]. The hand value decreases by 1 han when open. Despite that property, honitsu hands can produce value as it is still 2 han when open. Added value can easily be gained with the combination of another yaku or even some dora. In this case, honitsu hands can be conveniently open without significantly losing value.

'''Bakahon''' {{kana|バカホン}} is a slang term for a basic honitsu hand with [[naki|open calls]]. No other [[han]] are scored, either from [[yaku]] or [[dora]], meaning that the hand will score low (usually 2000 points).