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An attempt to name shapes in riichi mahjong
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3 | tanki (in context) | ||
33 | pair | ||
34 | ryanmen | ||
35 | kanchan | ||
12 | penchan | ||
333 | set (triplet) | ||
345 | run (sequence) | ||
357 | ryankan | ||
334 | ryanmen-plus (ryanmen-plus-one) | ||
335 | kanchan-plus (kanchan-plus-one) | ||
112 | penchan-plus (penchan-plus-one) | ||
122 | penchan-plus (penchan-plus-one) | ||
346 | phantom nobetan (when containing 1, doesn’t necessarily contain ryanmen) | ||
3334 | ryantan (ryanmen-tanki) | ||
3335 | kantan (kanchan-tanki) | ||
1112 | pentan (penchan-tanki) | ||
1222 | pentan (penchan-tanki) | ||
3456 | nobetan | ||
3445 | bulge (nakabukure) | ||
3345 | aryanmen (bad ryanmen) | ||
3457 | skipping shape | ||
3579 | sankan? | ? | |
33345 | entotsu | ||
34567 | sanmenchan (note the original japanese can also refer to three-sided waits in general) | ||
12345 | long ryanmen (useful as a component of other names) | Y | |
33455 | ii-kanchan (note inconsistency vs. ii-ryanmen referring to 3334455, not 33445) | Y | |
34457 | aryankan (in context, meaning bad ryankan) | Y | |
13579 | (WWYD-chan had a colorful name for this which I don’t recall at the moment) | ||
33577 | (a nice shape that perhaps I should find a name for) | ||
344568 | ryanmen-kanchan | ||
134568 | long ryankan | ||
334568 | long kanchan-plus | Y | |
344566 | ryanmen-plus variant | Y | |
112345 | long ryanmen-plus | Y | |
122345 | long ryanmen-plus | Y | |
334567 | sanmen-plus | trivial | |
344567 | sanmen-plus | trivial | |
345679 | phantom sanmentan (doesn’t necessarily contain sanmenchan, e.g. 345689) | trivial | |
233345 | entotsu-ryanmen | Y | |
133345 | entotsu-kanchan | Y | |
333445 | staircase (*“entotsu-plus”?) (accepts one more kind of tile than entotsu-ryanmen) | * | |
333455 | entotsu-iikanchan (accepts one more kind of tile than entotsu-kanchan) | Y | |
33345 EE | entotsu wait (for pedants, as opposed to “entotsu shape”) | ||
3456789 | sanmentan (but I met someone who likes to call this santan, and what I call santan, sanmentan) | ||
3345678 | asanmen (wait for 9 tiles, same as sanmentan) | trivial? | |
4566678 | asanmen variant | Y | |
3456678 | asanmen variant (nobetan-aryanmen) | Y | |
3334555 | tatsumaki | ||
3335777 | kantankan (kanchan-tanki-kanchan) | ||
3334568 | long kantan | ? | |
1112234 | pentan-aryanmen (penchan-aryanmen is already accurate, but I think it’s nice to point out pentan) | Y | |
1122223 | pentan-aryanmen variant | Y | |
3335567 | kantan-aryanmen | Y | |
3333455 | kantan-aryanmen variant | Y | |
3334456 | ryantan-aryanmen | Y | |
2333344 | ryantan-aryanmen variant | Y | |
1234555 | ryantan-nobetan | Y | |
2333345 | ryantan-nobetan variant | Y | |
3335678 | kantan-nobetan | Y | |
3444567 | santan | Y | |
3334567 | santan-nobetan | Y | |
1112345 | long-ryantan-nobetan (or maybe just “long ryantan”, since it always entails nobetan) | Y | |
3334556 | kantan-ryanmen (to recognize it, say to yourself, “kantan-bukure is kantan-ryanmen”) | Y | |
3344455 | ii-bulge | Y | |
3334455 | ii-ryanmen (aryanmen-shanpon) | Y | |
3334445 | entotsu-ryantan (same wait as ii-ryanmen) | Y | |
33345678 | santotsu | Y | |
33445566 | nobe-pon | Y | |
33344556 | entotsu and run (same wait as entotsu; the run doesn’t help; see also ii-kanchan-entotsu) | Y | |
33345678 EE | santotsu wait | Y | |
33445566 EE | nobe-pon wait | Y | |
3344556677 | suumenpon | Y | |
33345m 33345s | double entotsu | ||
3334567888 | happoubijin (*nobe-tatsumaki) (23-tile wait, same amount as chuuren, but fewer unique tiles) | * | |
2224567999 | nobe-kantankan | Y | |
3334556777 | ii-kantankan | Y | |
1112345679 | long long kantan | Y | |
1112346789 | long kantan-nobetan | Y | |
1112346678 | long kantan-aryanmen | Y | |
1112344566 | long kantan-aryanmen variant | Y | |
1113456789 | kantan-sanmentan | Y | |
1113345678 | kantan-asanmen | Y | |
1113456678 | kantan-asanmen-variant | Y | |
1112345678 | long-santan-sanmentan (or maybe just “long santan”, since it always entails sanmentan) | Y | |
1233334567 | santan-sanmentan | Y | |
2223456678 | santan-asanmen (variant implied) (santan-nobetan-aryanmen) | Y | |
1112345567 | long-ryantan-asanmen (variant implied) (long-ryantan-nobetan-aryanmen) | Y | |
3345566677 | ii-kanchan-ryanmen | Y | |
3345567888 | ii-kanchan-aryanmen (but there are five of 3 and 6, not much worse than the six of 5 and 8 above) | Y | |
3345556777 | ii-kanchan-shanpon | Y | |
3345566777 | ii-kanchan-entotsu (but entotsu is already accurate: it’s 33 456 56777, and the 456 doesn’t help) | Y | |
3456667788 | ii-ryanmen-nobetan | Y | |
4566667788 | ii-ryanmen-aryanmen (no more copies of 6 to wait on) | Y | |
1112345566 | long ii-ryanmen (wait: 4567) | Y | |
3334445678 | santotsu-nobetan | Y | |
3334555567 | tatsumaki / double-entotsu / kantan! | Y | |
33344455 EE | phantom sanrenkou (wait: 25E) | Y | |
33345m 33445566s | entotsu-nobepon | Y | |
1112233445566 | ii-sanmen | Y | |
2223334445666 | tatsumaki-sanrenkou (wait: 1234567) | Y | |
2333345677778 | (23-tile wait, same amount as chuuren, but fewer unique tiles, because no more copies of 3 or 7) | ||
2344445666678 | (23-tile wait, same amount as chuuren, but fewer unique tiles, because no more copies of 4 or 6) | ||
2344455566678 | (wait: 12 456 89) | ||
2223456667788 | (wait: 1 23 6789) | ||
2223456677778 | (23-tile wait, same amount as chuuren, but fewer unique tiles, because no more copies of 7) | ||
1112345666678 | (23-tile wait, same amount as chuuren, but fewer unique tiles, because no more copies of 6) |
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