Mahjong Compendium

Proto-mahjong Chinese classical Shanghai / Hong Kong new style Mainland regionals Sichuan / Hunan / Tibetan

Sichuan / Hunan / Tibetan

108 tiles

Cross-comparison

corroborated — two or more independent sources agree on the facts that define this variant

SourceTilesHandFlowersScoringPayout
[1]108 (suit tiles only; no winds or dragons)13, out on 14nonewinner only; discarder pays for all
  • [1] Hunan: 5 ways out, hand must include a pair of 2s/5s/8s else seven pairs or pure. Tibetan & Sichuan: no more than two suits, punging OK, chowing not permitted

Reading it

108 suit-only tiles match. The source is more precise than the chart in a useful way: Hunan and Tibetan/Sichuan are given different winning conditions, so this single node covers at least two distinct games.

Sources

  1. Sloper, Tom. "FAQ 2b: Identifying a Mah-Jongg Variant." Sloperama. canonical checked 2026-09-18

    Tile counts, hand sizes, flower handling and scoring for roughly 50 named variants. Primary source for most leaf nodes in this chart.

    https://www.sloperama.com/mjfaq/mjfaq02b.html

    Also cited on: Chinese archaic, Chinese pre-classical, Chinese classical, Shanghai / Hong Kong new style, Hong Kong old style, Modern HKOS and 43 more · bibliography #1

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