Shousangen

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Shousangen
Type Yaku
Kanji 小三元
English Small three dragons
Value 2 han (Consider as 4 han)
Speed Medium
Difficulty Medium

Shousangen (小三元) is a standard yaku. This yaku employs the three sangenpai, where the hand is composed of two koutsu (triplet) and a jantou (pair) of the third type.

Tile pattern

agari :

Winning on yasume (cheaper winning tile), notice that winning on would give a daisangen yakuman instead.

Formation

Value

In general, this yaku is noted as 2 han. However, it is impossible for this yaku to score without two instances of yakuhai from the two groups of sangenpai. In combination, this yaku will never produce a hand worth less than 4 han.

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