Kokushi musou

Kokushi musou, also simply known as kokushi, is one of the standard yakuman hands. This hand consists of one of each terminal tile from each suit and one of each honor tiles. The 14th tile must be a duplicate of any terminal or honor tile. This hand is one of the two exceptions of the "four melds and one pair" rule of forming a hand, where the other exception is the chii toitsu. This hand is closed only.

Tile diagram

Kokushi musou single wait

Winning tile:

Kokushi musou 13-way wait

Winning tile: Any one of the tiles shown here

• Winning from this wait is worth two yakuman in some rules.

English reference

• Thirteen orphans

Value

This hand is a yakuman hand which automatically awards 32000 points to a non-dealer winner, or 48000 points to a dealer winner. Therefore, fu is not counted.

Usage

The word kokushi can be translated as "distinguished citizen"; the word musou is often translated as "peerless". Don't butcher the two words and write something like "Koku shimusou", as that would be awkward.