CHAPTER 02
Meet the ingredients.
144 tiles total
Dots
筒子 · Tung Tsz
Round dots arranged in patterns from 1 to 9. The single dot looks like a coin — and that's the idea. Each number repeats four times in a full set.
Count
36 tiles · 9 × 4
Forms
Runs (1·2·3) & triplets (5·5·5)
Nickname
"Coins" — the oldest suit
01一
02二
03三
04四
05五
06六
07七
08八
09九
Now you can name any tile on the table. The three numbered suits — dots, bamboo, characters — form sequences and sets. Winds and dragons only stack into sets, never sequences.
That's the vocabulary. The next chapter shows you how these tiles combine into a winning hand — and what you're actually trying to build each round.