The 1 Circle is generally a large circle of multiple colors, while the rest of the circle tiles consist of smaller circles, each circle being of one color. The circles represent copper coins like this. The circle (dot, coin, wheel, stone) suit ( Chinese: 筒子 pinyin: tǒngzi Cantonese Jyutping: tung 4zi 2 "barrel" also Chinese: 餅 pinyin: bǐng Japanese: 餅子 rōmaji: pinzu "flatbread") is represented by a series of circles. The ones and nines of each suit ( Chinese: 幺九 pinyin: yāo jiǔ Cantonese Jyutping: jiu1gau2 Japanese: ヤオ九 rōmaji: yaochū) are collectively referred to as the terminal tiles. To refer to a suited tile, the rank is named, followed by the suit. There are four tiles of each rank and suit combination, thus there are 36 tiles in a suit, and 108 suited tiles in total. There are three money-based suits with ranks ranging from one to nine. Suited tiles ( Chinese: 序數牌 pinyin: xùshùpái "ordinal number tiles" also Chinese: 數字牌 pinyin: shùzìpái Cantonese Jyutping: sou3zi6paai2 "number tiles" also Japanese: 数牌 rōmaji: shūpai/suupai "number tiles") have a suit and a rank. Mahjong tiles can be organized into several categories: Some sets also contain blank tiles which owners can use to replace damaged or missing tiles. It usually has at least 136 tiles (four copies of each of the Suit and Honor Tiles), most commonly 144, although sets originating from the United States or Southeast Asia will usually feature more tiles in the form of flowers or Jokers. Contents Ī set of Mahjong tiles will usually differ from place to place. In contrast, many early sets contained wild cards with specific powers known as Inner Flowers ( Chinese: 裏花 pinyin: lǐhuā Jyutping: loei 5faa 1) which disappeared from most of China but are still found in Vietnam and Thailand. Flower tiles, once known as Outer Flowers ( Chinese: 外花 pinyin: wàihuā Jyutping: ngoi 6faa 1), were not universally accepted until the 1920s. The honor tiles known as Arrows (Dragons in English) developed to their current form by 1890 concurrent with a new style of play called Zhōngfā (中發). The Wind honor tiles and the Four Seasons tiles were also found in the earliest sets. The core of the set is the 108 suited tiles which were inherited from Chinese money-suited playing cards. They already exhibited various traits found in modern sets.
The earliest surviving mahjong sets date to the 1870s when the game was largely confined to Zhejiang, Shanghai, and Jiangsu.
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