Honiisou

Honiisou

Type	Yaku
Kanji	混一色
English	Half flush
Value	3 han 2 han (open)
Speed	Fast
Difficulty	Easy

Honitu {混一色) is a standard yaku. Normally translated as a "half flush", this yaku features a hand composed of one suit mixed with at least one honor group of tiles and/or pair.

Tile pattern

Agari: or

Bakahon

Bakahon 「バカホン」 is a slang term for a basic honitsu with open calls. For this hand, neither dora or other yaku are not complemented.

Formation

Detection

A player's discard pile may lack one particular suit. This may be an indicator of a honitsu hand being developed.

Compatability

Main article: Yaku compatability

^ Ippatsu requires riichi to be of any use.

RCH

DRI

IPP^

SMO

TAN

PFU

IPK

ITT

YAK

SDJ

SDO

TOI

SNA

SNK

CHA

JUN

RPK

SSG

HRO

HON

CHN

CHI

RIN

HAI

HOU

CHK

HON

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 tile group is of the same suit. 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. Honitsu requires honor tiles, where as chinitsu does not.

External links

• 混一色

Honiisou in Japanese Wikipedia