The Crak Room

Tile quiz

Mahjong tile quiz

See a tile and name it, or read a name and find the tile. Rounds of 20. Your best streak is saved on this device.

Question 1 of 20 Score 0 Streak 0 Best streak 0
Tiles
Question type

How to tell the suits apart

  • Bams (bamboo) show green and red sticks. The 1 Bam is usually a bird, not a stick.
  • Craks (characters) show a Chinese numeral on top and the red character 萬 underneath.
  • Dots (circles) show round coins. Count them to get the number.
  • Most American sets also print a small number in the corner of each suit tile, so you don't have to read the Chinese numerals.

The honor tiles

  • Winds: North, East, West and South. American sets add a corner letter (N, E, W, S).
  • Dragons: Red (中), Green (發) and White, called Soap. Each dragon "belongs" to a suit: Red with Craks, Green with Bams, Soap with Dots.
  • Flowers: all eight are interchangeable, whatever picture they show.
  • Jokers: eight wild tiles. See the joker quiz for when you can use them.

Tile artwork varies from set to set. Ours is drawn to show the standard layout.