Editing Mahjong (section)

==== Examples of winning hands ====
Below are two examples of winning hands. A winning hand must consist of four melds (pungs, kongs, or chows) and a pair (eyes) and must also score the agreed table minimum.

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| [[File:MJs3-.svg|25px]] [[File:MJs3-.svg|25px]] [[File:MJs3-.svg|25px]] – [[File:MJd3-.svg|25px]] [[File:MJd3-.svg|25px]] [[File:MJd3-.svg|25px]] – [[File:MJd2-.svg|25px]] [[File:MJd2-.svg|25px]] [[File:MJd2-.svg|25px]] – [[File:MJd1-.svg|25px]] [[File:MJd1-.svg|25px]] [[File:MJd1-.svg|25px]] – [[File:MJf1-.svg|25px]] [[File:MJf1-.svg|25px]]

This hand is formed with four pungs and the eyes (pair) of east wind. Only bamboo is used (no other suited tiles), scoring extra points (clean hand). No chows are used (an all pung/kong hand scores extra points).

| [[File:MJt1-.svg|25px]] [[File:MJt2-.svg|25px]] [[File:MJt3-.svg|25px]] – [[File:MJt4-.svg|25px]] [[File:MJt5-.svg|25px]] [[File:MJt6-.svg|25px]] – [[File:MJt7-.svg|25px]] [[File:MJt7-.svg|25px]] [[File:MJt7-.svg|25px]] – [[File:MJt9-.svg|25px]] [[File:MJt9-.svg|25px]] [[File:MJt9-.svg|25px]] – [[File:MJt8-.svg|25px]] [[File:MJt8-.svg|25px]]

A high-scoring hand formed using only circles, known as a pure hand. The hand is made of chows, pungs, and the eyes of circles.
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Most players include table variations in their games, of which some non-standard are included. The hands of ''seven different pairs'' and ''13 orphans'' are examples which do not have four melds and the eyes. They are described in more detail below.