Calls & Declarations
Kan (call)
Also called: 槓, Kong call
Declare a kong — either by claiming a discard or upgrading a pung.
Kan declares a kong. Three flavors: open kong (claim a discard with three matching tiles in your hand), upgraded kong (add the fourth tile to an open pung you already have), and concealed kong (declare from four tiles in your closed hand — this keeps your hand 'closed' for most scoring purposes). After every kan, you draw a replacement tile from the dead wall.
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