top 10 hands you should re-memorize if you ever lose your memory

top10yaku.md

This is just a summary of this very useful blog post.

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Yakuhai_役牌 + anything

🀀🀀🀀 🀫🀫🀫🀫🀫🀫🀫🀫🀫🀫🀫

Pons of round wind, your seat wind, 🀄, 🀅, and 🀆.

Riichi_立直 + anything

Inside and Outside

Tanyao_断幺九
🀉🀉🀉 🀜🀝🀞 🀞🀟🀠 🀑🀑 🀔🀕🀖

Entire hand is from tiles of 2-8.

Chanta_全帯幺九
🀇🀇🀇 🀙🀚🀛 🀟🀠🀡 🀂🀂🀂 🀆🀆

All melds have at least one 1 or 9 or honor.
"Never even try to make this hand. Ever."

Funny Patterns

These two worth 1 less han when open.

Sanshoku_三色同順
🀈🀉🀊 🀚🀛🀜 🀑🀒🀓 🀫🀫🀫🀫🀫

Same sequence through all three suits.

Ittsu_一気通貫
🀐🀑🀒 🀓🀔🀕 🀖🀗🀘 🀫🀫🀫🀫🀫

Entire sequence from a single suit.

In a similar vein,

Iipeiko_一盃口
🀟🀠🀡 🀟🀠🀡 🀫🀫🀫🀫🀫🀫🀫🀫

(Closed only)

Same sequence repeated.

Single-suit Hands

These worth 1 less han when open.

Honitsu_混一色
🀐🀑🀒 🀓🀔🀕 🀕🀖🀗 🀘🀘🀘 🀆🀆

Single Suit + Honors

Chinitsu_清一色
🀚🀛🀜 🀜🀝🀞 🀞🀟🀟🀠🀠🀡 🀡🀡

Everything is in the one suit.

Pairs and Sets

Chiitoitsu_七対子
🀇🀇 🀞🀞 🀡🀡 🀓🀓 🀖🀖 🀆🀆 🀀🀀

(Closed only)

7 pairs.

Toitoi_対々
🀜🀜🀜 🀐🀐🀐 🀘🀘🀘 🀀🀀🀀 🀂🀂

All sets.

Pinfu_平和

🀈🀉🀊 🀙🀚🀛 🀟🀠🀡 🀒🀓 🀂🀂

(Closed only)
(waiting for 🀑🀔, and 🀂 is not a yakuhai)

• All sequences (no sets)
• Any 2 tiles except yakuhai as the pair
• Two-sided wait while in tenpai