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* Four '''Winds''' (風牌), East (東), South (南), West (西) and North (北)
* Three '''Dragons''' (三元牌), red (中), green (發), and white (白, represented by a dark bluish frame or a completely blank tile face). Occasionally, the dragon tiles are stylized dragons (with white being a dragon in silver ink, or a frame made up of two blue-outlined dragons).
* Eight optional '''Flower''' tiles (花牌), which consists of two sets:
** Four (actual) flower tiles: plum (梅), orchid (蘭), chrysanthemum (菊) and bamboo (竹).<ref>These four plants are part of a [[Flower Motifs|wider motif]] in Chinese art called the [[wikipedia:Four Gentlemen|"Four Gentlemen"]].</ref>
** Four season tiles: spring (春), summer (夏), autumn (秋) and winter (冬).
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** This "recycled into a Mahjong game" business happens to many different series (Evangelion, Gundam, Haruhi-chan, to name a few). Even the Super Mario series is not immune.
* ''[[Saiyuki]]'' - The four main characters are often seen playing Mahjong (and it's all but spelled out that they all cheat blatantly). Sanzo in particular once managed to draw the jaw-droppingly impossible Kokushi Musou (see [[Luck-Based Mission]] above). (But then, he's [[Sanzo]].) Gojyo once wisecracked that the only reason he was saving Goku's life was to make sure they had a fourth for mahjong games.
** Chin Yisou, one of the original series villains, had somewhat of a Mahjong theme.
** The occasion of Sanzo's astonishing draw was doubly symbolically loaded, in that it was concluded with a West tile (as referenced above), suggesting both the group's westward journey and its frequent consequences.
* ''[[xxxHolic]]'' - Watanuki, Yuuko, Shizuka, and {{spoiler|the spirit of a dying cherry tree}} play Mahjong together as part of a ceremony to help the spoiler pass on into the next life.
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* Litchi Faye-Ling of ''[[
* In ''Killer7'' you witness a mahjong game between four negotiators, which ends with the quad-suicide as a result of one party declaring Ron without realizing that he was in Furiten. This symbolizes the backdoor dealings in the world of politics.
* There's a [[Touhou]] fangame, titled ''Touhou Unreal Mahjong'', which revolves around mysterious Mahjong boards appearing. It uses Riichi rules, plus special abilities.
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