Mahjong Wind Tiles Symbols

Or 番子 jyutping.
Mahjong wind tiles symbols. Wind is one of two honor suits. For the game of mahjong one must learn to read the directional characters in chinese. Some mahjong parlours will have their own house tiles which may be red tiles for even ranks even higher scoring green or gold tiles or colored wind tiles. This is similar to playing cards suit having different variants with a set of 144 tiles.
The blossoms are so beloved because they are viewed as blooming most vibrantly amidst the winter snow. The winds the first four tiles on the left are one of six tile sets in a mahjong game. This page lists the characters in the mahjong tiles block of the unicode standard version 13 0. Starting up with the honor tiles the very first in the list is the four wind tiles.
North 北 běi east 東 dōng south 南 nán and west 西 xī. Mahjong tile west wind x1f002. The wall created in the game is actually meant to stand for the great wall of china itself. Click to find the best results for mahjong tiles models for your 3d printer.
The plum blossom is seen as a symbol of winter and a harbinger of spring. Most of these form four series each of three suits. Mahjong tile north wind x1f003. Bamboo has a long life as well as principles of uprightness tenacity and hollow heart.
The game of mah jong is not only a game it can often be considered a work of art. In confucianism the plum blossom stands for the principles and values of virtue. Zìpái word tiles. Mahjong is a tile based game widely played in china.
This block covers code points from u 1f000 to u 1f02f. Symbol mahjong tile name unicode number mahjong tile east wind x1f000. Faan 1 zi 2 exponentials have neither rank nor suit but like suited tiles they are also formed into melds. These tiles each feature the character for compass directions.
Mahjong tile white dragon x1f006. Honor tiles edit honor tiles 字牌 pinyin. Every day new 3d models from all over the world. Mahjong tile red dragon x1f004.
There is a total of 16 winds in each game. 1928 mahjong tiles 3d models. And have the script value zyyy. A mahjong set contains a total of 144 tiles.
These depict the characters for compass directions such as east wind west wind south wind and north wind. Mahjong tile south wind x1f001. All assigned characters in this block belong to the general category so other symbol. Each tile has a chinese character or symbol grouped into different categories.
The symbols and artwork on mah jong tiles are often exquisitely beautiful. Bamboo sticks dots wheels and cracks numbers. Mahjong tile one of characters x1f007. Mahjong tile two of.