11 Facts About Mahjong tiles

Mahjong tiles are tiles of Chinese origin that are used to play mahjong as well as mahjong solitaire and other games.

The core of the set is the 108 suited Mahjong tiles which were inherited from Chinese money-suited playing cards.

The honor Mahjong tiles known as Arrows developed to their current form by 1890 concurrent with a new style of play called Zhongfa .

Flower Mahjong tiles, once known as Outer Flowers, were not universally accepted until the 1920s.

Honor Mahjong tiles have neither rank nor suit but like suited Mahjong tiles they are formed into melds.

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Each quartet contains four unique Mahjong tiles, which are numbered from 1 to 4 or otherwise distinctly labelled .

Animal Mahjong tiles are unnumbered flowers that automatically match the player's seat.

Joker Mahjong tiles can be used to replace any suited or honor tile in putting together a hand subject to local restrictions.

Bone Mahjong tiles are still available but most modern sets are constructed from various plastics such as bakelite, celluloid, nylon and PET .

However, the Japanese Mahjong tiles set themselves apart within this class by virtue of their thickness, which allows them to stand upright—despite their diminutive overall size.

Mahjong tiles were added to the Unicode Standard in April, 2008 with the release of version 5.