Chanta (混全帯幺九)
Every set contains a terminal or honor, including at least one chow.
How Chanta (混全帯幺九) works
Chanta (terminal or honor in each set) is a 2-han yaku — 1 han open — where every set and the pair contain at least one terminal or honor tile.
Each of the four sets plus the pair must include a 1, a 9, or an honor tile. Chows therefore have to be 1-2-3 or 7-8-9, pungs must be of terminals or honors, and the pair must be a terminal or honor too. At least one chow must be present — an all-triplet version of the shape scores honroutou or junchan-adjacent hands instead. Chanta drops to 1 han when the hand is open (kuisagari). Removing all honors upgrades the pattern to junchan; removing all the number tiles turns it into honroutou.
- •Every set and the pair need a terminal or honor; middle-only chows like 4-5-6 break it.
- •2 han closed, 1 han open.
- •With no honors at all the hand scores junchan (3/2 han) instead — the two never stack.
Chanta (混全帯幺九) — FAQ
How is chanta different from junchan?
Junchan is the honor-free version: every set contains a terminal, no honors anywhere. Junchan is worth more (3 han closed) because pure terminal sets are harder to assemble. A hand with honors in it can only be chanta.
Does chanta work with an open hand?
Yes, but at reduced value: 2 han closed drops to 1 han open. It still combines naturally with yakuhai pungs, since honor triplets satisfy the terminal-or-honor requirement.