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Japanese Mah Jongg Rules

Concealed Hands

All sequences (Pinfu): Waiting on either end of last incomplete sequence + a pair. Pair cannot be a related Wind or Dragon.
3crack4crack5crack 2dot3dot4dot 7dot8dot9dot       3boo4boo       9crack9crack

All simples: NO winds, dragons, terminals.  hand can be any triplets and/or sequences.
6crack7crack8crack 4dot4dot4dot 2dot3dot4dot 3boo4boo5boo 8crack8crack

Self-Drawn (Tsumo)



Sisters:
2 Identical sequences, same suit. Rest of the hand can be any triplets and/or sequences.
4dot5dot6dot 4dot5dot6dot 7crack8crack9crack 8boo8boo8boo red dragonred dragon

Two Completely Different Sets of Sisters
5 boo6 boo7boo 5 boo6boo7boo 2 crack3 crack4 crack 2 crack3 crack4 crack 9 dot9 dot

Three Concealed Pongs:
Rest of the hand can be any concealed sequence.
1 dot1 dot1 dot 4 crack4 crack4 crack westwestwest 4 dot5 dot6 dot 7 boo7 boo

*Seven Different Pairs (Niko Niko)
red dragonred dragon 8boo8boo 2crack2crack southsouth 3dot3dot 7dot7dot 5boo5boo

*Pairs: Winds, Dragons, Terminals (Niko Niko)
white dragonwhite dragon red dragonred dragon westwest 9dot9dot 1boo1boo 9boo9boo 9crack9crack

*Pairs: All One Suit with Winds and/or Dragons (Niko Niko)
easteast northnorth green dragongreen dragon 2crack2crack 3crack3crack 6crack6crack 8crack8crack

*Pairs: All One Suit without Winds or Dragons (Niko Niko)
1dot1dot 3dot3dot 4dot4dot 5dot5dot 7dot7dot 8dot8dot 9dot9dot

*Pairs of Winds and Dragons (Niko Niko)...............................YAKUMAN
green dragongreen dragon red dragonred dragon white dragonwhite dragon easteast southsouth westwest northnorth

All Pongs + a Pair  .........................................................................YAKUMAN
6crack6crack6crack 3crack3crack3crack 2dot2dot2dot 1boo1boo1boo westwest

Thirteen Impossibles ...................................................................YAKUMAN
One of each terminal, wind, dragon + one of any which would make a pair.
eastsouthwestnorthgreen dragonred dragonwhite dragon1boo9boo1dot9dot1crack9crack9crack

Mah Jongg on original 14 tiles --dealer only .........................YAKUMAN

Mah Jongg on dealers first discard .........................................YAKUMAN

Mah Jongg on first draw .............................................................YAKUMAN

Dream (1112345678999) one suit .............................................YAKUMAN
Any one of 1-9 will cause a Mah Jongg
1dot 1dot 1dot 2dot 3dot 4dot 5dot 6dot 7dot 8dot 9dot 9dot 9dot
*Kongs (four of a kind) cannot be used for any Niko Niko


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