American Mahjong · Lesson 2

Reading the card

Read the category, entire row and its parentheses. Check numbers, suit relationships, flowers and dragons. Printed colors distinguish suits; they are not literal tile-ink colors.

X permits exposures and C denotes a concealed hand. White dragon may represent zero in a year. NEWS consists of four different singles, not a kong. A generic four-sets-and-pair shape is not enough.

Teaching example · check the structure and conditions in the text

Quick check

Can a joker fill a missing tile in NEWS?
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Use your authorized card and physical flowers/jokers for full American hands.