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Yakuhai
Type	Yaku
Kanji	役牌
English	Value tiles
Value	1 han per counted meld
Speed	Very fast
Difficulty	Very easy

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Yakuhai is a group of yaku that focus on yakupai, or valued honor tiles.

Along with tanyao, this yaku is one of the easiest and most frequently occurring yaku in the game.

Tile patterns

Upon attaining yakuhai, the rest of the hand may be formed as any composition: open, closed, and whatever meld that helps complete the hand.

Rules

Yakupai	Kanji	Yakupai	Kanji
East seat	自風東	East round	場風東
South seat	自風南	South round	場風南
West seat	自風西	West round	場風西
North seat	自風北	Green dragon	役牌發
Red dragon	役牌中	White dragon	役牌白

In the case of sangenpai (dragon tiles), any player may collect a set of either tile and attain the yaku for that tile.

With regards to kazehai (wind tiles), there are two yaku: one for forming a set of the seat winds, and one for a set of the round winds.

Players are assigned a particular "wind seat", relative to the dealer position, who is always seated East. For the seat wind yaku, players must collect their own set of wind tiles. If the wind is not of their seat wind, then the set is considered to be an off wind or guest wind, which does not count as yaku.

Furthermore, the game has an assigned round wind. Marked by the dealer indicator, the round wind is the same for all players. Collecting a set of this wind satisfies the round wind yaku. The first round is East, followed by South. Occasionally, the game moves into West round as well, where the West wind counts as the round wind.

Collecting all three sangenpai sets or all four wind sets leads to the yakuman daisangen or daisuushii.

Formation

Value

Each yakuhai koutsu (triplet) is a separate yaku worth 1 han.

If a player's seat wind matches the round wind, a koutsu of this wind counts as 2 han instead, because it satisfies two different 1-han yaku.

External links

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-'''Yakuhai''' is a [[List of yaku|yaku]] that focuses on [[Jihai|yakupai]], or valued honor tiles.  It is commonly noted, that attaining this yaku revolves around the honor tiles.  Along with [[tanyao]], this yaku is one of the most frequently occurring yaku in the game.
+'''Yakuhai''' is a group of [[List of yaku|yaku]] that focus on [[Jihai|yakupai]], or valued honor tiles.
+Along with [[tanyao]], this yaku is one of the easiest and most frequently occurring yaku in the game.
 ==Tile patterns==
-Upon attaining yakupai, the rest of the hand may be formed as any composition: open, closed, and whatever [[mentsu|meld]] that helps complete the hand.
+Upon attaining yakuhai, the rest of the hand may be formed as any composition: open, closed, and whatever [[mentsu|meld]] that helps complete the hand.
 ==Rules==
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 | Red dragon || 役牌 中 || White dragon || 役牌 白
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-In the case of [[sangenpai]] (dragon tiles), any player may collect sets of these tiles and attain this yaku.  The collection of all three by one player leads to the [[daisangen]] yakuman.
+In the case of [[sangenpai]] (dragon tiles), any player may collect a set of either tile and attain the yaku for that tile.
+With regards to [[kazehai]] (wind tiles), there are two yaku: one for forming a set of the seat winds, and one for a set of the round winds.
-With regards to [[kazehai]] (wind tiles), the yaku operates in a similar fashion but differently.  First of all, at any time, players are assigned a particular "[[wind seat]]", relative to the dealer position, who is always seated East.  To count for this yaku, players must collect their own set of wind tiles.  If the wind is not of their seat wind, then the set is considered to be "off wind", which does not count as yaku.  Furthermore, the game has an assigned round wind.  Marked by the dealer indicator, the round wind applies as yaku to any player.  The first round is almost always East, followed by South.  Occasionally, the game moves into West round as well, where the West wind counts as the round wind.
+Players are assigned a particular "[[wind seat]]", relative to the dealer position, who is always seated East.  For the seat wind yaku, players must collect their own set of wind tiles.  If the wind is not of their seat wind, then the set is considered to be an ''off wind'' or ''guest wind'', which does not count as yaku.
+Furthermore, the game has an assigned round wind.  Marked by the dealer indicator, the round wind is the same for all players.  Collecting a set of this wind satisfies the round wind yaku. The first round is East, followed by South.  Occasionally, the game moves into West round as well, where the West wind counts as the round wind.
+Collecting all three sangenpai sets or all four wind sets leads to the yakuman [[daisangen]] or [[daisuushii]].
 ==Formation==
 ==Value==
-Each yakupai koutsu (triplet) collected awards players with 1 han per group.  If a player's seat wind is denoted as the round wind, then the player's own wind counts as double: both as seat wind and round wind yakupai.
+Each yakuhai koutsu (triplet) is a separate yaku worth 1 han.
+If a player's seat wind matches the round wind, a koutsu of this wind counts as 2 han instead, because it satisfies two different 1-han yaku.
 ==External links==