13 orphans mahjong
Closed yakuman. One of each terminal and honor, plus a pair. The 13-sided wait is a double yakuman on Mahjong Soul and a single on Tenhou.
Yaku役
Riichi yaku list
Han when the hand is closed, han when it is open, and the English name this site uses.
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Pinfu
1 han, closed only. Four sequences, a pair that is not yakuhai, and a two-sided wait.
Yakuman
The highest limit. 32,000 on a non-dealer ron, 48,000 for the dealer, or 13 han counted up.
Riichi
1 han, closed only. Declare on a closed tenpai hand and put out a 1,000-point stick.
Tanyao
1 han, open or closed. Tiles 2 through 8 only. A call does not remove the han.
Honitsu
3 han closed, 2 han open. One suit plus honors. No honors means chinitsu instead.
Chiitoitsu
2 han, closed only. Seven different pairs. The hand is always 25 fu.
Chinitsu
6 han closed, 5 han open. One suit and no honors. An honor means honitsu instead.
Toitoi
2 han, open or closed. Four triplets or quads and a pair. A call does not remove the han.
Yakuhai
1 han per set, open or closed. Dragons, your seat wind, and the round wind. A pair is not a yaku.
Iipeikou
1 han, closed only. Two identical sequences in one suit. A call removes the han.
Sanshoku doujun
2 han closed, 1 han open. The same sequence in man, pin, and sou.
Ittsu
2 han closed, 1 han open. 123, 456, and 789 in one suit.
Chanta
2 han closed, 1 han open. A 1, a 9, or an honor in every set and the pair, and at least one run.
Junchan
3 han closed, 2 han open. A 1 or a 9 in every set and the pair, at least one run, and no honors.
Ryanpeikou
3 han, closed only. Two pairs of identical runs. It replaces iipeikou and beats the seven-pairs reading.
Sanankou
2 han, open or closed. Three concealed triplets. A triplet you finish by ron does not count.
Shousangen
2 han, open or closed. Two dragon triplets and a dragon pair. With the yakuhai, it starts at 4 han.
Honroutou
2 han, open or closed. Only 1s, 9s, and honors. Toitoi or seven pairs always comes with it.
Menzen tsumo
1 han, closed only. Win on your own draw. Any closed hand has a yaku when it wins by tsumo.
Ippatsu
1 han, riichi only. Win within one go-around of the declaration, before anyone calls a tile.
Double riichi
2 han, closed only. Riichi on your first discard, before anyone calls. It replaces riichi.
Haitei and houtei
1 han each, open or closed. A tsumo on the last tile, or a ron on the last discard.
Rinshan kaihou
1 han, open or closed. Win on the replacement tile you draw after your own kan.
Chankan
1 han, open or closed. A ron on the tile an opponent adds to a pon to make a kan.
Daisangen
Yakuman, open or closed. Triplets of all three dragons. Pao applies on Tenhou and Mahjong Soul.
Suuankou
Yakuman, closed only. Four concealed triplets. A ron counts only on the pair, and Mahjong Soul pays that one double.
Tsuuiisou
Yakuman, open or closed. Winds and dragons only. It stacks with daisangen and the wind yakuman.
Ryuuiisou
Yakuman, open or closed. Only 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8 sou and the green dragon. Tenhou and Mahjong Soul don't require the dragon.
Chinroutou
Yakuman, open or closed. Only 1s and 9s, no honors. Closed, it often comes with suuankou.
Chuuren poutou
Yakuman, closed only. 1112345678999 in one suit plus any tile of it. The nine-sided wait is a double on Mahjong Soul.
Sanshoku doukou
2 han, open or closed. Three triplets of one number, one per suit. A call does not remove the han.
Sankantsu
2 han, open or closed. Three kans of any kind. The quads push the fu to 60 or more.
Suukantsu
Yakuman, open or closed. Four kans by one player. Split among players, four kans end the hand on Tenhou and Mahjong Soul.
Shousuushii and daisuushii
Yakuman, open or closed. Little four winds is three wind triplets and a wind pair. Big four winds is all four, a double on Mahjong Soul.
Tenhou, chiihou, and renhou
Yakuman, closed only. A win on the deal or on the first draw, before any chi, pon, or kan. Renhou depends on the rule set.
Nagashi mangan
A mangan tsumo at the draw: 8,000, or 12,000 for the dealer. Terminal and honor discards only, none called.
Every yaku
Han in the closed column is the value on a closed hand. The open column is the value after a call. Closed only means a call scores nothing from that yaku. This is the Tenhou and Mahjong Soul set: open tanyao is allowed, and 13 han is kazoe yakuman. Renhou is left off, because its value changes by rule set.
1 han
- Riichi
Ready Declaration 立直
- Closed
- 1
- Open
- Closed only
- Glossary
- Glossary
- Closed
- 1
- Open
- Closed only
- Glossary
- Glossary
- Closed
- 1
- Open
- Closed only
- Glossary
- Glossary
- Pinfu
All Sequences 平和
- Closed
- 1
- Open
- Closed only
- Glossary
- Glossary
- Iipeikou
Pure Double Sequence 一盃口
- Closed
- 1
- Open
- Closed only
- Glossary
- Glossary
- Tanyao
All Simples 断么九
- Closed
- 1
- Open
- 1
- Glossary
- Glossary
- Closed
- 1
- Open
- 1
- Glossary
- Glossary
- Haitei Raoyue
Last Tile from Wall 海底撈月
- Closed
- 1
- Open
- 1
- Glossary
- Glossary
- Houtei Raoyui
Last Discard 河底撈魚
- Closed
- 1
- Open
- 1
- Glossary
- Glossary
- Rinshan Kaihou
After a Kan 嶺上開花
- Closed
- 1
- Open
- 1
- Glossary
- Glossary
- Chankan
Robbing the Kan 槍槓
- Closed
- 1
- Open
- 1
- Glossary
- Glossary
2 han
- Closed
- 2
- Open
- Closed only
- Glossary
- Glossary
- Closed
- 2
- Open
- Closed only
- Glossary
- Glossary
- Sanshoku Doujun
Three Colored Runs 三色同順
- Closed
- 2
- Open
- 1
- Glossary
- Glossary
- Ittsu
Pure Straight 一気通貫
- Closed
- 2
- Open
- 1
- Glossary
- Glossary
- Chanta
Mixed Outside Hand 混全帯么九
- Closed
- 2
- Open
- 1
- Glossary
- Glossary
- Toitoihou
All Triplets 対々和
- Closed
- 2
- Open
- 2
- Glossary
- Glossary
- Sanankou
Three Concealed Triplets 三暗刻
- Closed
- 2
- Open
- 2
- Glossary
- Glossary
- Sanshoku Doukou
Three Color Triplets 三色同刻
- Closed
- 2
- Open
- 2
- Glossary
- Glossary
- Sankantsu
Three Kans 三槓子
- Closed
- 2
- Open
- 2
- Glossary
- Glossary
- Honroutou
All Terminals and Honors 混老頭
- Closed
- 2
- Open
- 2
- Glossary
- Glossary
- Closed
- 2
- Open
- 2
- Glossary
- Glossary
3 han
6 han
Mangan at a draw
- Closed
- Mangan
- Open
- Mangan
- Glossary
- Glossary
Yakuman
- Kokushi Musou
Thirteen Orphans 国士無双
- Closed
- Yakuman
- Open
- Closed only
- Glossary
- Glossary
- Suuankou
Four Concealed Triplets 四暗刻
- Closed
- Yakuman
- Open
- Closed only
- Glossary
- Glossary
- Daisangen
Big Three Dragons 大三元
- Closed
- Yakuman
- Open
- Yakuman
- Glossary
- Glossary
- Shousuushii
Little Four Winds 小四喜
- Closed
- Yakuman
- Open
- Yakuman
- Glossary
- Glossary
- Closed
- Yakuman
- Open
- Yakuman
- Glossary
- Glossary
- Tsuuiisou
All Honors 字一色
- Closed
- Yakuman
- Open
- Yakuman
- Glossary
- Glossary
- Chinroutou
All Terminals 清老頭
- Closed
- Yakuman
- Open
- Yakuman
- Glossary
- Glossary
- Ryuuiisou
All Green 緑一色
- Closed
- Yakuman
- Open
- Yakuman
- Glossary
- Glossary
- Chuuren Poutou
Nine Gates 九蓮宝燈
- Closed
- Yakuman
- Open
- Closed only
- Glossary
- Glossary
- Suukantsu
Four Kans 四槓子
- Closed
- Yakuman
- Open
- Yakuman
- Glossary
- Glossary
- Closed
- Yakuman
- Open
- Closed only
- Glossary
- Glossary
- Closed
- Yakuman
- Open
- Closed only
- Glossary
- Glossary
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