Mahjong Tiles

Overview Properties List Table

Mahjong Tiles is a Unicode block containing characters depicting the standard set of tiles used in the Chinese game of Mahjong.

Mahjong (also spelled majiang, mah jongg, and numerous other variants), is a game that originated in China. It is commonly played by four players (with some three-player variations found in South Korea and Japan). The game and its regional variants are widely played throughout Eastern and South Eastern Asia and have a small following in Western countries. Similar to the Western card game rummy, mahjong is a game of skill, strategy, and calculation and involves a degree of chance.

Each symbol usually depicts objects from Chinese culture and history, such as flowers, dragons, birds, pandas, etc. In total, there are 144 symbols in the Mahjong game, which are divided into several categories, including “Circles”, “Bamboos”, “Symbols of the season” and “Symbols of flowers”. The categories contain 36 symbols numbered from 1 to 9. Each symbol has its own unique design and is used in the game to build certain combinations and sequences.

Properties

Range	1F000–1F02F
Characters	48

List of Characters

Table of Characters

1EE00–1EEFF Arabic Mathematical Alphabetic Symbols 1F030–1F09F Domino Tiles

0: Basic Multilingual Plane

1: Supplementary Multilingual Plane

2: Supplementary Ideographic Plane

3: Tertiary Ideographic Plane

4-13: Not Used

14: Supplementary Special-purpose Plane

15: Supplementary Private Use Area Plane – A

16: Supplementary Private Use Area Plane – B

Mahjong Tiles

Properties

List of Characters

Prevailing wind tiles

Dragon tiles

Character suit tiles

Bamboo suit tiles

Circle suit tiles

Flower tiles

Season tiles

Miscellaneous tiles