🀄 Riichi Trainer
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Riichi Mahjong Trainer

Free riichi mahjong study platform — bilingual explainer guides, the full 28-yaku reference, a shanten calculator, a shanten quiz and a points calculator.

Today's drill

A fresh yaku check every day — decide first, then reveal.

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Reveal answer
No — pieces split across suits

1-2-3, 4-5-6 and 7-8-9 are present but each in a different suit. Ittsu requires all three sequences to live inside one numbered suit. Cross-suit pieces simply do not qualify.

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Sanshoku Doujun (Three-Color Straight)

2 Han

The same numerical sequence in all three numbered suits (e.g., 234m / 234p / 234s). 2 han closed, 1 han open. Often paired with pinfu or tanyao, and structurally exclusive with ittsu — pick one or the other based on whether your early draws cluster vertically or spread horizontally.

Houtei Raoyui (Last Tile Discard)

1 Han

Winning by ron on the very last discard of the round. Companion to haitei (the equivalent last-tile self-draw). Easy to overlook — always recheck waits as the wall empties.

Chuuren Poutou (Nine Gates)

Yakuman

Yakuman. A closed flush of the form 1-1-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-9-9 in a single suit, plus any one of 1-9 of that suit. Mathematically a chinitsu by construction. The 9-way wait (junsei chuuren) pays double yakuman in stricter rulesets.

Iipeiko (Pure Double Sequence)

1 Han

Two identical sequences (e.g. two 234m) in the same suit, in a closed hand. 1 han, closed-only — any call kills it outright. Replaced by ryanpeikou (3 han) when the hand contains two such pairs of identical sequences.

Pinfu

1 Han

A closed hand of all sequences, with a non-yakuhai pair and a two-sided (ryanmen) wait. Adds zero fu beyond the base — pinfu tsumo stays at 20 fu, pinfu ron rounds to 30. The high-frequency partner of riichi and tanyao in closed-attack templates.

Haitei Raoyue (Last Tile Draw)

1 Han

Winning by self-draw on the very last tile drawn from the wall. Companion to houtei (the equivalent last-discard ron). Always check waits before the final draw.

What you can do here

Where to start

Four short paths through the site — pick the one that matches where you are in your riichi journey.

Common questions

Is riichi mahjong hard to learn?

The basic flow is simple: draw a tile, discard a tile, try to assemble four melds and a pair. The deeper part is learning yaku and reading opponents' discards — and that is exactly what this platform helps you train.

How long does a game of riichi mahjong take?

An East-only round (tonpuusen) is about 30-40 minutes; a full East-South round (hanchan) runs 60-90 minutes. The shanten calculator and yaku reference are designed to fit between rounds when you want a quick review.

Do I need to know all 28 yaku to play?

No. Start with the high-frequency 1-han yaku — riichi, tanyao, yakuhai and pinfu cover the majority of wins. The yaku list groups every pattern by han value so you can drill the basics before tackling yakuman.

How is riichi mahjong different from Chinese mahjong?

Riichi is the Japanese ruleset: fixed scoring patterns (yaku), the riichi declaration, dora bonus tiles, and a clear self-draw / discard-win distinction. Chinese variants (national standard, Sichuan, Cantonese) differ in scoring rules, allowed melds, and whether yaku are required at all. This site focuses on the Japanese rules.