The stacking of tiles will be 19 stacks for the dealer (East) and the player opposite (West), 18 stacks for the rest.
The Dead Wall (王牌wáng-pái) is 15 tiles.
The tile set is described as follows:
| Tiles |
Count
|
Set
|
Total
|
| Dot / 筒子 / Tǒng Zǐ |
9
|
4
|
36
|
| Characters / 万子 / Wàn Zǐ |
9
|
4
|
36
|
| Bamboo / 索子 / Suò Zǐ |
9
|
4
|
36
|
| Winds / 四风牌 / Sì Fēng Pái |
4
|
4
|
16
|
| Dragon tiles / 三元牌 / Sān Yuán Pái |
3
|
4
|
12
|
| Animal Tiles / 动物牌 / Dòng Wù Pái |
4
|
1
|
4
|
| Season Set / 季牌 / Jì Pái |
4
|
1
|
4
|
| Flower Set / 花牌 / Huā Pái |
4
|
1
|
4
|
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|
