Photo & illustration credits
Mahjong Decoded uses 93 photographs from Wikimedia Commons and 71 tile illustrations drawn for the site. Every file is served from this site — nothing is hot-linked.
Flower tiles from American sets
Wikimedia Commons: American Mahjong flowers | Cangjie6 | CC BY-SA 4.0
A Japanese sign advertising automatic mahjong tables
Wikimedia Commons: Automation Mahjongg 20190202 | 円周率３パーセント | CC BY-SA 4.0
Honour tiles from a bamboo set made around 1930
Wikimedia Commons: MahjongWD | HandigeHarry at Dutch Wikipedia | Public domain
A game in the street near the Drum and Bell Towers, Beijing
Wikimedia Commons: Mahjong near Zhongku Hutong, Beijing | Lordcolus | CC BY 2.0
Bone gaming 'cards', a forerunner of mahjong tiles, on display in Lin'an
Wikimedia Commons: Linan 20230305 143403 | User:CatOnMars | CC BY-SA 4.0
Late-19th-century game pieces of bamboo and bone with polychrome decoration (Brooklyn Museum)
Wikimedia Commons: 28.779 SL1 | Brooklyn Museum | CC BY 4.0
Men gather round a street game of mahjong in Chengdu, Sichuan
Wikimedia Commons: Mahjong Game in Chengdu | Luca Gamberini | CC BY-SA 4.0
A layout of Chinese dominoes
Wikimedia Commons: 想荊州的一種隨機佈置 | Outlookxp | CC BY-SA 3.0
Residents playing mahjong in a garden in Hechuan, Chongqing
Wikimedia Commons: Mah-jong playing people | Harveychl(Prof.Chen Hualin) | CC BY-SA 3.0
A set with English index letters, dice and spare tiles
Wikimedia Commons: Eng Mahjong Tiles 1 | Cangjie6 | CC BY-SA 4.0
Extra flower tiles: the Four Arts (top) and the Four Noble Professions (bottom)
Wikimedia Commons: Extra flower quartets | Countakeshi | CC BY-SA 4.0
Shuffling tiles for a game on the Hong Kong to Shanghai ferry
Wikimedia Commons: Mahjong shuffle | Paul Downey | CC BY 2.0
A full set of mahjong tiles laid out in rows
Wikimedia Commons: Mahjong Tiles | Hlfxcuc | CC BY-SA 4.0
Television crews at an online mahjong launch in Taiwan, 2011
Wikimedia Commons: CTV News at FunTown Mahjong press conference 20110426 | WeI-chieh Chiu | CC BY-SA 2.0
The stage for an online mahjong launch in Taipei, 2011
Wikimedia Commons: FunTown Mahjong press conference stage 20110426 | WeI-chieh Chiu | CC BY-SA 2.0
A mahjong social club's welcome sign at the Brooklyn Museum, 2025
Wikimedia Commons: Green Tile Social club welcome sign | Erictleung | CC BY-SA 4.0
Players reach across a green mahjong table mid-game
Wikimedia Commons: Mahjong game | yui* | CC BY-SA 2.0
Older residents playing mahjong in a lakeside garden, Hangzhou
Wikimedia Commons: Mahjong in Hangzhou | Romain Guy from Lyon, France | CC BY-SA 2.0
The eight flower and season tiles of Hong Kong mahjong
Wikimedia Commons: Hong Kong Mahjong flower | Cangjie6 | CC BY-SA 4.0
A Cantonese-style game in progress, with walls, discards and an exposed hand
Wikimedia Commons: MahjongSet5 | Cangjie6 | CC BY-SA 4.0
A Cantonese-style table set up without flower tiles
Wikimedia Commons: MahjongSet6a | Cangjie6 | CC BY-SA 4.0
A Cantonese-style table set up without flowers
Wikimedia Commons: MahjongSet1a | Cangjie6 | CC BY-SA 4.0
A display of every Hong Kong-style tile
Wikimedia Commons: Mahjong eg HK | Cangjie6 | CC BY-SA 4.0
Hong Kong-style tiles with dice, counters and accessories
Wikimedia Commons: HK Mahjong Tiles with equipment | Cangjie6 | CC BY-SA 4.0
Winslow Homer's drawing of three Chinese men playing dominoes in a Baxter Street club, New York
Wikimedia Commons: Drawing, Three Chinese Men Playing Dominoes in a Baxter Street Club-House, New York City, ca. 1874 (CH 18175141) | Winslow Homer | Public domain
A Cantonese-style game laid out on a green mahjong table
Wikimedia Commons: MahjongSet1 | Cangjie6 | CC BY-SA 4.0
A mahjong table in the First Lady's reception room of the Independence Palace, Ho Chi Minh City
Wikimedia Commons: Mahjong on the First Lady’s Reception Room of Independence Palace, HCMC 20250825 | Nat4Eben | CC BY-SA 4.0
A mahjong table at the Japan Expo Sud festival in Marseille, 2012
Wikimedia Commons: Japan Expo Sud - Ambiances - 2012-03-02- Mahjong - P1340613 | Yves Tennevin | CC BY-SA 3.0
A mahjong area at the Japan Impact convention in Lausanne, 2024
Wikimedia Commons: Japan Impact 2024 – Mahjong (53616223642) | Stéphane Gallay from Laconnex, Switzerland | CC BY 2.0
Players at a mahjong stand at a Japan culture festival in France
Wikimedia Commons: Stand Mahjong - Japan Party 2013 - P1580007 | Yves Tennevin | CC BY-SA 3.0
The dice used in Japanese mahjong
Wikimedia Commons: Dice(mahjong) | バーレンムール | CC BY-SA 4.0
A complete Japanese mahjong set with tiles, point sticks and dice
Wikimedia Commons: Mhajong Set | バーレンムール | CC BY-SA 4.0
Japanese point sticks in traditional and modern styles
Wikimedia Commons: Mahjong japan fiches | Cangjie6 | CC BY-SA 4.0
A standard Japanese set laid out by suit on green felt
Wikimedia Commons: Mahjong Tiles (1) | バーレンムール | CC BY-SA 4.0
A heap of Japanese mahjong tiles on green felt
Wikimedia Commons: Mahjong Tiles (2) | バーレンムール | CC BY-SA 4.0
Walls built for a Japanese game
Wikimedia Commons: Mahjong setup wall 4 | Cangjie6 | Public domain
A mahjong school sign on Woosung Street, Jordan, Hong Kong
Wikimedia Commons: HK Jordan 吳松街 Woosung Street shop Everybody play Mahjong school morning am Jan-2014 | Yaudre Tai Ming | CC BY-SA 3.0
A championship belt at a Japanese mahjong magazine festival, 2025
Wikimedia Commons: Kindai Mahjong Tokonatsu Festival (October 25, 2025)IMG 8476 | Bject | CC BY 4.0
A mahjong parlour entrance in Kowloon City, Hong Kong
Wikimedia Commons: HK Kln City 九龍城區 Kowloon City District TKW 土瓜灣道 To Kwa Wan Road December 2021 SS2 37 | Saidaim Baingmwooid | CC BY-SA 4.0
Neon signs at night in Kowloon, Hong Kong
Wikimedia Commons: Neon Nights in Kowloon, Hong Kong (April 2012) - 7547608990 | Mark Pegrum | CC BY 2.0
People playing mahjong outdoors in Kunming, Yunnan
Wikimedia Commons: People playing mahjong, Kunming (21004731238) | Luca Casartelli | CC BY-SA 2.0
The posted rules and payment table of a licensed mahjong school in Kwun Tong, Hong Kong
Wikimedia Commons: HK KTD 觀塘 Kwun Tong 康寧道 41 Hong Ning Road 金僑華廈 Cambridge Building shop 鷄記蔴雀娛樂 Kai Kee Mahjong School rules November 2025 N13P 01 | Heuwia Tsoenmau 389892 | CC0
A friendly lesson night learning mahjong at home in Liverpool
Wikimedia Commons: Project 365 -222 100813 A Night On The Tiles (9480136731) | Pete from Liverpool, UK | Public domain
A café floor paved with mahjong-tile designs in Macau
Wikimedia Commons: Paved by Mahjong | Pauloleong2002 | CC BY-SA 4.0
Example hands in a 1923 Spanish rule book
Wikimedia Commons: 1923-Reglamento-del-Mah-Jongg-20-21 | Albertomos | CC BY-SA 4.0
'How to play Mah-Jongg', a rule book published in Madrid in 1923
Wikimedia Commons: 1923-Reglamento-del-Mah-Jongg-05 | Albertomos | CC BY-SA 4.0
Diagrams of the wall and the deal in a 1923 Spanish rule book
Wikimedia Commons: 1923-Reglamento-del-Mah-Jongg-10-11 | Albertomos | CC BY-SA 4.0
A Mah-Jongg set dated 1923, with bamboo tiles, bone counters and dice
Wikimedia Commons: 1923-Mah-Jongg-tiles | Albertomos | CC BY-SA 4.0
A mahjong circle meeting in Japan
Wikimedia Commons: Luck Not Here (142319219) | Daniel Dritto | CC BY-SA 3.0
Mahjong-tile dim sum at a diner in Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong
Wikimedia Commons: Mahjong dim sum from Meet Point Diner | Peachyeung316 | CC BY-SA 4.0
The champion's trophy from a Taiwanese mahjong television competition
Wikimedia Commons: Mahjong Masters | 韋恩設計 | CC BY-SA 4.0
A full Malaysian and Singaporean set of 164 tiles, including animals
Wikimedia Commons: MJTiles Fullset Malay | Cangjie6 | CC BY-SA 4.0
The entrance to a mahjong academy event in Japan, 2026
Wikimedia Commons: Modern Mahjong Academy20260124IMG 0665 | Bject | CC BY 4.0
Neon signs over a street in Mong Kok, Hong Kong
Wikimedia Commons: Red Mr KTV, Mong Kok, Hong Kong (32599120635) | Andrew Milligan sumo | CC BY 2.0
Shuffling the tiles for a New Year's Eve game in Japan
Wikimedia Commons: 洗牌タイム (4230926465) | veroyama | CC BY 2.0
The Chen family ancestral hall, home of Ningbo's Mahjong Origins Exhibition Hall
Wikimedia Commons: 麻將起源地陳列館（陳氏宗祠） - panoramio | ping lin | CC BY-SA 3.0
A notice advertising a mahjong club for people over sixty, Okinawa
Wikimedia Commons: Advertisement of a Mahjong club for the elderly in Okinawa 2015 | Dquai | CC BY-SA 4.0
A mahjong club entrance in Kitahama, Osaka, at night
Wikimedia Commons: 麻雀 三休ばしクラブ - Flickr - m-louis | m-louis .® from Osaka, Japan | CC BY-SA 2.0
A parlour in Osaka advertising tables for hire
Wikimedia Commons: 麻雀あき 貸卓歓迎 (8461456678) | m-louis .® from Osaka, Japan | CC BY-SA 2.0
Japanese bonus tiles: red fives and other special dora tiles
Wikimedia Commons: Mahjong 赤牌1 | Wenlongtian | CC0
A riichi table compass showing seat winds and the direction of play
Wikimedia Commons: Bussola riichi mahjong | Calogeroa.salomon | CC BY-SA 4.0
A riichi mahjong parlour sign in a Japanese street
Wikimedia Commons: リーチ麻雀 エム (25317893236) | Fabian Reus | CC BY-SA 2.0
Scoring sticks: Chinese (left) and Japanese (right)
Wikimedia Commons: Mahjong fiches | Countakeshi | CC BY-SA 4.0
Playing mahjong at the Chinatown-International District night market, Seattle
Wikimedia Commons: Seattle ID night market - mahjong 01 | Joe Mabel | CC BY-SA 3.0
A public table at the Chinatown-International District night market, Seattle
Wikimedia Commons: Seattle ID night market - mahjong 02 | Joe Mabel | CC BY-SA 3.0
Players at the Chinatown-International District night market, Seattle
Wikimedia Commons: Seattle ID night market - mahjong 03 | Joe Mabel | CC BY-SA 3.0
A game in Shanghai, 2019
Wikimedia Commons: Shanghai Mahjong | Mussi Katz | CC0
A mahjong company's shopfront on Shanghai Street, Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong
Wikimedia Commons: HK YMT 油麻地 Yau Ma Tei near 佐敦 Jordan 上海街 Shanghai Street shop 瑞興麻雀館 March 2020 SS2 06 | Tweme Rum Lnsolwi | CC BY-SA 4.0
A display of every Shanghai-style tile
Wikimedia Commons: Mahjong eg Shanghai | Cangjie6 | CC BY-SA 4.0
Expatriates playing mahjong in Singapore, 1973
Wikimedia Commons: Singapore-1973-74-WUS08136 | Julie Halama (Stapel) | CC BY-SA 4.0
Tiles on a table in Singapore
Wikimedia Commons: Mahjong Tiles (195606345) | Lian Jiayuan | CC0
A mahjong and games room in a spa in Songjiang, Shanghai
Wikimedia Commons: Yuncaitang | Szalai.laci | CC BY-SA 4.0
A mahjong school on Temple Street at Jordan, Hong Kong
Wikimedia Commons: Sun Ho Mahjong School in Jordon Hong Kong | Peachyeung316 | CC BY-SA 4.0
Wanhua District Healthy Mahjong Hall of the Taipei Healthy Mahjong Association
Wikimedia Commons: THMA Wanhua District Healthy Mahjong Hall 20171111 | Solomon203 | CC BY-SA 4.0
Three South wind tiles, Taipei
Wikimedia Commons: 2010-11-25 Mahjong Tiles in Taipei | tomscoffin | CC BY 2.0
A display of every Taiwanese-style tile
Wikimedia Commons: Mahjong eg TW | Cangjie6 | CC BY-SA 4.0
The neon sign of a mahjong school on Temple Street, Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong
Wikimedia Commons: HK Yau Ma Tei 廟衙 夜市 Temple Street night 利興 Mahjong school shop sign Apr-2013 | Marim68821 | CC BY-SA 3.0
A mahjong school on Temple Street, Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong
Wikimedia Commons: HK Yau Ma Tei 廟衙 夜市 Temple Street night 永旺 Mahjong school shop sign Apr-2013 | Marim68821 | CC BY-SA 3.0
A mahjong equipment shop on Temple Street, Jordan, Hong Kong, at night
Wikimedia Commons: HK Jordan 佐敦 廟街 Temple Street night shop Wing Hung Mahjong Co (永鴻)金沙麻雀娛樂 Apr-2013 | Uyanmlicka | CC BY-SA 3.0
Tiles and dice in the middle of a game, Japan
Wikimedia Commons: Thrown Tiles (142319229) | Daniel Dritto | CC BY-SA 3.0
Seniors playing mahjong and cards in Tianshan Park, Shanghai
Wikimedia Commons: 20090719 Tianshan Park Shanghai 0551 1395 | Jakub Hałun | CC BY-SA 4.0
Tiles in the Mahjong Origins Exhibition Hall at the Tianyi Pavilion, Ningbo
Wikimedia Commons: Majiong museum | Gisling | CC BY 3.0
Close-up of characters and dots tiles
Wikimedia Commons: Mahjong (8476702421) | kawaiikiri | CC BY-SA 2.0
Close-up of mahjong tiles on a table
Wikimedia Commons: Mahjong tiles (2317500747) | Priscilla from Melbourne, Australia | CC BY 2.0
Joker tiles from a Vietnamese set
Wikimedia Commons: Vietnam-joker | yagitori | Public domain
The four walls built and pushed together for a Cantonese-style game
Wikimedia Commons: Mahjong setup wall 1 | Cangjie6 | Public domain
Water Margin playing cards in the Tianyi Pavilion collection, Ningbo
Wikimedia Commons: 塑制水浒传牌 | Shizhao | CC BY-SA 3.0
Hand-carved bone-and-bamboo flower tiles made for the Western market, about 1920
Wikimedia Commons: Mah Jongg Flower Tiles | Abthurber1956 | CC BY-SA 4.0
Tiles made for Western players, with corner letters and numbers
Wikimedia Commons: Western mahjong tiles eg | Cangjie6 | CC BY-SA 4.0
A wind-indicator die from a Cantonese set
Wikimedia Commons: Dice of Wind indicator 1 | Cangjie6 | CC BY-SA 4.0
A racing-car sculpture built from mahjong tiles in Singapore
Wikimedia Commons: The Wining Streak (53174337495) | Choo Yut Shing from Singapore, Singapore | CC BY 2.0
Residents play mahjong in the Shanghai Street sitting-out area, Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong
Wikimedia Commons: Mahjong on Shanghai Street (6816345241) | Michael Elleray from England, United Kingdom | CC BY 2.0
Flower-tile designs set into a pavement in Zaandijk, the Netherlands
Wikimedia Commons: Flower tiles, Zaandijk (2022) 01 | Donald Trung Quoc Don (Chữ Hán: 徵國單) - Wikimedia Commons - © CC BY-SA 4.0 International.(Want to use this image?)Origina | CC BY-SA 4.0
Tile illustration: A Sample Hand, Turn by Turn
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Tile illustration: All Green
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Tile illustration: All Pungs
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Tile illustration: Calling Discards and Making Exposures in American Play
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Tile illustration: Defense in American Mah Jongg
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Tile illustration: American Mah Jongg Explained
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Tile illustration: Scoring and Paying in American Mah Jongg
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Tile illustration: American Mah Jongg Strategy: Choosing and Switching Hands
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Tile illustration: American vs Hong Kong Mahjong
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Tile illustration: American vs Japanese Riichi Mahjong
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Tile illustration: Big Four Winds and Little Four Winds
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Tile illustration: Big Three Dragons
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Tile illustration: Calling Tiles: Chow, Pung and Kong
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Tile illustration: Common Beginner Mistakes in Mahjong
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Tile illustration: Common Winning Hands in Hong Kong Mahjong
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Tile illustration: Counting Faan Step by Step
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Tile illustration: Dead Hands and Penalties in American Mah Jongg
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Tile illustration: Declaring Riichi
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Tile illustration: Defense: When and How to Fold
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Tile illustration: Faan Scoring in Hong Kong Mahjong
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Tile illustration: Filipino Mahjong
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Tile illustration: Furiten: Why You Sometimes Cannot Win on a Discard
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Tile illustration: Han and Fu: How Riichi Hands Are Scored
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Tile illustration: Heavenly and Earthly Hands
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Tile illustration: How Payments Work in Hong Kong Mahjong
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Tile illustration: Hong Kong vs Japanese Riichi Mahjong
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Tile illustration: How a Mahjong Hand Works: Sets, Pairs and the Fourteenth Tile
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Tile illustration: How to Practise and Improve at Mahjong
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Tile illustration: Jokers in American Mah Jongg
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Tile illustration: Limit Hands Across Styles
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Tile illustration: Mahjong in Anime and Manga
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Tile illustration: Mahjong in Jewish American Life
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Tile illustration: Mahjong Solitaire Is Not Mahjong
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Tile illustration: Mahjong Superstitions and Lucky Rituals
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Tile illustration: Chinese Official Mahjong (MCR) Explained
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Tile illustration: MCR Scoring Patterns: Fan by Fan
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Tile illustration: MCR Strategy: Planning for Eight Points
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Tile illustration: The National Mah Jongg League
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Tile illustration: Nine Gates
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Tile illustration: Playing Mahjong Online
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Tile illustration: Probability and Counting Tiles
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Tile illustration: Pure One Suit and Mixed One Suit
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Tile illustration: Push or Fold: Balancing Attack and Defense
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Tile illustration: Reading Discards
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Tile illustration: Riichi Scoring: A Worked Example
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Tile illustration: Mahjong Scoring Systems Compared
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Tile illustration: Seven Pairs
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Tile illustration: Robbing the Kong and Other Special Wins
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Tile illustration: Switching Between Mahjong Styles: Common Pitfalls
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Tile illustration: Taiwanese Sixteen-Tile Mahjong
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Tile illustration: Taking Mahjong Lessons: What to Expect
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Tile illustration: Teaching Mahjong to Children
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Tile illustration: The Charleston: Passing Tiles Before Play
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Tile illustration: The Dead Wall and Replacement Tiles
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Tile illustration: What Does "Mahjong" Mean?
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Tile illustration: Reading the National Mah Jongg League Card
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Tile illustration: Why the One of Bamboo Is a Bird
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Tile illustration: Thirteen Orphans
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Tile illustration: Three-Player Mahjong (Sanma)
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Tile illustration: Tile Efficiency: Getting Ready Faster
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Tile illustration: Changsha
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Tile illustration: Guangdong Push-Down (Tui Dao Hu)
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Tile illustration: Waits and Shapes
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Tile illustration: When to Call and When to Stay Concealed
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Tile illustration: Which Mahjong Style Should You Learn?
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Tile illustration: Why Mahjong Scoring Varies So Much
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Tile illustration: Yaku: The Scoring Patterns You Need to Win in Riichi
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Tile illustration: Yakuman: Riichi's Limit Hands
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Tile illustration: Your First Mahjong Tournament
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Tile illustration: Zung Jung: A Modern Chinese Rule Set
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The full set of tile faces used throughout the site (all files in /img/tiles/)
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Notes
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All tile faces and the felt-table tile illustrations were drawn for Mahjong Decoded and are released under CC0. The Chinese characters on the tiles were converted to outlines from Noto Serif TC, which is published under the SIL Open Font Licence.
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