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Honor Hands


All Winds and Dragons - Exposed - Limit - Western and Chinese games

Pongs or Kongs and a pair of Winds and Dragons only.



All Honors - Exposed - 3 Doubles - Western and Chinese games

Pongs or Kongs and a pair of Winds, Dragons, and Terminals.



Heads and Tails - Exposed - Limit - Western and Chinese games

Pongs or Kongs and a pair of ones and nines (Terminals) only.



Unique Wonders - Concealed - Double Limit - Western and Chinese games

A one and nine of each suit (effectively, "knitted Pongs" of ones and nines) plus NEWS plus one of each dragon plus one additional tile of any of the above (effectively making one pair in the hand).



Windy Dragons - Exposed - Limit - Western game

A pair of each Wind plus two Pongs of Dragons.



Big Three Dragons - Exposed - Limit - Western and Chinese games

Pongs of all three Dragons, plus any Pong or Chow plus a pair in the same suit (or a pair of Winds).

(Also: Three Great Scholars)



Big Four Winds - Exposed - Limit - Western and Chinese games

Four Pongs of Winds plus a pair of anything.

(Also: Four Blessings)



Gone With the Wind - Exposed - Double Limit - Western game

Pongs or Kongs of all four Winds plus a pair of Dragons.



Windy Chows - Concealed - Half Limit - Western game

A Chow in each suit plus NEWS plus any Wind tile (making a pair of that Wind).


Jewel Hands

Pair Hands

Sequence Hands

Gate Hands

Number Hands

Odds & Ends

Mah-Jongg

The Chinese Game

The Western Game

Special Hands

Finishing a game; Strategies; FAQs

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