American Mahjongg Set
The basic American Mahjongg set has 136 pieces, which contains 36 distinct kinds of pieces (4 of each kind).
Suits
An American Mahjongg set contains three suits. Each suit is composed of nine tiles which are numbered from one to nine.
- Bamboos
- Characters
- Dots
Winds and Dragons
Each American Mahjongg set also contains four directional tiles (Winds or Feng), labeled as:
- East
- South
- West
- North
An American Mahjongg set also contains three Cardinal tiles - Dragons or Special Honor Pieces):
- Red Dragon (matches with Character suit)
- Green Dragon (matches with Bamboos suit)
- White Dragon (matches with Dots suit)
There are 4 pieces of each Dragon.
Note that The White Dragon can also be used as a zero of any suit.
Flowers
There are eight Flowers tiles, every series marked 1, 2, 3, and 4 - two of each kind.
Jokers
There are eight Joker tiles, which can be used to replace any tiles in putting together a hand.
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