Mah Jongg Hand Cards
If you don’t have a standard National Mah Jongg League, Inc. (NMJL) card (about $14 and includes NMJL membership, nationalmahjonggleague.org), you can use the Basic1 or any other custom MahJonggPro card available from the “Card Type” Menu. The Basic1 card is selected from the options display with the Card Type button. The Basic1 format and groups are like those on an NMJL card (only 7 instead of 9 to 10 groups).
Card Format: Each card line defines tile patterns of Mah Jongg-winning sets of 14 tiles. Each line has several tile sets (groups of the same tile) that are shown in the same color: blue, green, or red. A set can contain 1 (called a single), 2 (called a pair), or more tiles. All the tiles in a set are the same (note that N E W S is four sets of 1 tile each, not a set of 4 winds). Sets of 3 or more can include jokers (can be all jokers).
When sets need to be different suits (suits are dots, bams and craks), they are usually shown in different colors. Note that winds and flowers don’t have a suit, and they are typically shown in blue.
D’s are dragons. White dragons (Soap) are suit dots, green dragons are suit bams, and red dragons are suit craks. N is North wind, E is East wind, W is West wind, and S is South wind. F is a flower.
In the Like Numbers and Winds/Dragons groups, 1111 means any four numbers that are the same (from 1 to 9). In Consecutive Numbers and Singles/Pairs groups, “1111 2222” can be “1111 2222” or “2222 3333” or “3333 4444”, or any two consecutive numbers.
While not used in the Basic1 card: G=green dragon, R=Red dragon, and 0=white dragon used as a single tile set of the number zero (for year groups). Standard National Mah Jongg League year group sets, such as 2022, are 4 singles (2, 0, 2, and 2). Also, Singles and Pairs group patterns with multiple different numbers together look like one set, but are multiple sets of singles and/or pairs. At the right of each line, a “C” means the hand is closed (can’t call a tile, except for Mah Jongg) or an “X” means the hand is open (also called eXposed – can call tiles, except jokers). The numbers are the base value of the hand used in scoring.
Hand Card Summary & Format
Basic1 Card
Group 1: 2468 (Even Numbers)——————————————————-VALUES
Line 1: FF 222 444 666 888 (any 1 suit) X 25
Line 2: 222 4444 666 8888 (any 2 suits) X 25
Line 3: 22 444 66 888 DDDD (any 3 suits) X 30
Group 2: Like Numbers
Line 1: FF 1111 N E W S DDDD (any 1 suit, matching Dragons) X 25
Line 2: FF 1111 N E W S 1111 (any 2 suits) X 25
Line 3: FF 1111 1111 1111 (3 suits) X 25
Group 3: Consecutive Run
Line 1: 111 222 333 44 DDD (any 1 suit, any 4 cons. #’s, matching Dragons) X 25
Line 2: 111 2222 333 4444 (any 2 suits, any 4 consecutive #’s) X 25
Line 3: FFF 1111 2222 333 (3 suits, any 3 consecutive #’s) X 25
Group 4: 13579 (Odd Numbers)
Line 1: 11 333 5555 777 99 (any 1 suit) X 25
Line 2: 11 333 55 55 777 99 (any 2 suits) X 25
Line 3: FF 111 33 55 77 999 (3 suits) X 30
Group 5: Winds/Dragons
Line 1: NNNN EEEE WWWW SS X 25
Line 2: FF 111 DDD DDD DDD (any 3 like #’s, 3 suits) X 25
Line 3: FFFF EEE 1111 WWW (any 4 like #s, any 1 suit) X 25
Line 4: FFF DDDD DDD DDDD (3 suits) X 25
Line 5: FF NNN EEE WWW SSS C 30
Group 6: 369
Line 1: FFF 333 6666 9999 (any 1 suit) X 25
Line 2: 333 6666 666 9999 (any 2 suits) X 25
Line 3: FF 333 666 999 DDD (any 1 suit, matching Dragons) X 25
Group 7: Singles & Pairs
Line 1: FF 11 22 33 44 55 66 (any 1 suit, any 6 consecutive #’s) C 50
Line 2: NN 11 22 33 44 55 66 (any 1 suit & North, any 6 consecutive #’s) C 50
Line 3: SS 11 22 33 44 55 66 (any 1 suit & South, any 6 consecutive #’s) C 50
Line 4: DD 11 22 33 44 55 66 (any 1 suit, any 6 cons. #’s, matching Dragons) C 50
Basic2 Mah Jongg Card
Group 1: 2468 (Even Numbers) VALUES
Line 1: FFF 22 44 666 8888 (any 1 suit) X 25
Line 2: 22 444 44 666 8888 (any 3 suits) X 25
Line 3: 22 444 DDDD 666 88 (any 1 suit) X 25
Line 4:FF 222 444 666 888 (any 2 suits) C 30
Group 2: Like Numbers
Line 1: 111 DDDD 111 DDDD (any 2 suits, matching Dragons) X 25
Line 2: FFF 1111 DDD 1111 (any 3 suits) X 25
Line 3: FFFF 111 1111 111 (3 suits) X 25
Line 4:FF 111 D 111 D 111 D (3 suits) C 30
Group 3: Consecutive Run
Line 1: 111 2222 333 DDDD (any 1 suit, any 3 cons. #’s, matching Dragons) X 25
Line 2: 111 222 3333 4444 (any 2 suits, any 4 consecutive #’s) X 25
Line 3: FF 1111 2222 3333 (3 suits, any 3 consecutive #’s) X 25
Line 4:FFFF 111 222 3333 (any 1 suit, any 3 cons. #’s) X 25
Group 4: 13579 (Odd Numbers)
Line 1: 111 333 555 777 99 (any 1 suit) X 25
Line 2: 111 333 55 777 999 (3 suits) X 25
Line 3: 1111 33 55 77 9999 (any 2 suits) X 30
Line 4:111 3 555 555 7 999 (any 2 suits) C 30
Group 5: Winds/Dragons
Line 1:NNNN EEE WWW SSSS X 25
Line 2:NNNN SSSS DDD DDD (any 2 Dragons) X 25
Line 3:EEEE WWWW DDD DDD (any 2 Dragons) X 25
Line 4:FFFF DDD DDDD DDD (any 3 Dragons) X 25
Line 5:FF NNN 111 222 SSS (any 2 suits, any 2 cons. #’s) X 25
Group 6: 369
Line 1: FF 3333 6666 9999 (any 1 suit) X 25
Line 2: 3333 666 9999 DDD (any 2 suits, 6’s and Dragons match) X 25
Line 3: 3333 6666 999 999 (any 3 suits) X 25
Line 4:333 666 333 666 99 (any 3 suits) C30
Group 7: Singles & Pairs
Line 1: FF 11 22 11 22 11 22 (3 suits, any 2 consecutive #’s) C 50
Line 2: FF 33 66 99 33 66 99 (any 2 suits) C 50
Line 3: 11 22 33 44 55 66 77 (any 1 suit, any 7 consecutive #’s) C 50
Line 4: FF 11 22 33 44 55 DD (any 1 suit, any 5 cons. #’s, matching Dragon) C 50
Intermediate (Inter1) Mah Jongg Card
Group 1: 2025 VALUES
Line 1:222 2025 0000 555 (any 1 suit) X 25
Line 2:FFFF DDD 2025 DDD (any 3 suits) X 25
Line 3:FFFF 2025 222 555 (any 3 suits) X 25
Line 4:22 000 NEWS 222 55 (any 2 suits) C 30
Group 2: 2468 (Even Numbers)
Line 1: FFFF 2222 46 8888 (any 1 suit) X 25
Line 2: 222 888 DDDD DDDD (any 3 suits) X 25
Line 3:222 4444 666 8888 -or- 222 4444 666 8888 (any 1 or 2 suits) X 25
Line 4: 2222 44 6666 88 88 (any 3 suits) X 25
Line 5:222 44 666 888 888 (any 3 suits) C 30
Group 3: Like Numbers
Line 1: DD 1111 N E W S 1111 (any 3 suits) X 25
Line 2: FF 1111 DD 1111 DD (any 2 suits) X 25
Line 3: FFFF 1111 11 1111 (any 3 suits) X 25
Line 4:11 DD 111 DDD 11 DD (any 3 suits) C 30
Group 4: Consecutive Run
Line 1: 11 222 3333 444 55 -or- 55 666 7777 888 99 (these #’s only) X 25
Line 2: FFFF 11 222 11 222 (any 2 suits, any 2 cons. #’s) X 25
Line 3: FFF 1111 2222 DDD (any 3 suits, any 2 cons. #’s) X 25
Line 4:FFFF 1111 2222 DD (any 1 suit, any 2 cons. #’s) X 25
Line 5:111 222 111 222 33 (any 3 suits, any 3 cons. #’s) C 30
Group 5: 13579 (Odd Numbers)
Line 1:11 333 5555 777 99 -or- 11 333 5555 777 99 (any 1 or 3 suits) X 25
Line 2: 111 3333 333 5555 -or- 555 7777 777 9999 (any 2 suits) X 25
Line 3: FFFF 1111 33 5555 -or- FFFF 5555 77 9999 (any 1 suit) X 25
Line 4:1111 333 5555 DDD -or- 5555 777 9999 DDD (any 1 suit) X 25
Line 5: 111 3 555 555 7 999 (any 2 suits) C 30
Group 6: Winds/Dragons
Line 1:FF NNN EEE WWW SSS X 25
Line 2: FFF NNNN DDD SSSS (Dragons any suit) X 25
Line 3: FFFF EEE 1111 WWW (any No.) X 25
Line 4: NNN 1111 2222 SSS -or- EEE 1111 2222 WWW (any 2 suits, any 2 cons. #’s) X 25
Line 5: FF DDDD DDDD DDDD C 30
Group 7: 369
Line 1: 33 66 333 666 9999 (any 3 suits) X 25
Line 2: 33 666 66 999 DDDD (any 3 suits) X 25
Line 3: FFF 3333 666 9999 -or- FFF 3333 666 9999 (any 1 or 3 suits) X 25
Line 4:FF 333 666 999 999 (any 3 suits) X 25
Line 5:333 6 999 333 6 999 (any 2 suits) C 30
Group 8: Singles & Pairs
Line 1: NN EE WW SS 11 22 33 (any 1 suit, any 3 cons. #’s) C 50
Line 2: FF 11 33 55 55 77 99 (any 2 suits) C 50
Line 3: FF 33 66 99 33 66 99 (any 2 suits) C 50
Line 4: FF 11 22 DD 11 22 DD (any 2 suits, any 2 cons. #’s) C 50