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'''Honiisou''' (or honitsu) {{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.

Naturally, it is easier to form honitsu when your hand starts with many tiles of the same suit. It is often unwise to break up a completed sequence of a different suit to force honitsu (though if you ''really'' need points, it's possible).

This yaku is affected by [[kuisagari]]. The hand value decreases by 1 han when open. Honitsu can still be used for open hands, though. When combined with other yaku and/or dora, the speed increase can be well worth the -1 han. For example, honitsu + yakuhai + dora 1 is worth ~7700 (4 han 30 fu), and the +1 han from closed only brings it up to 8000 (5 han before riichi).

'''Bakahon''' {{kana|バカホン}} is a slang term for a honitsu-only hand with [[naki|open calls]] and no dora. This hand only scores 2000 points, which is not worth the amount off effort required for honitsu. (Since every 1 [[han]] doubles the score until 8000, even something like open honitsu + 1 dora is worthwhile.)