Chuuren Poutou (九蓮宝燈)
13 han
1112345678999 of one suit, plus any tile of that suit.
How Chuuren Poutou (九蓮宝燈) works
The nine gates — a single-suit hand of 1-1-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-9-9 plus any one extra tile of that same suit.
Chuuren Poutou is a concealed single-suit hand built on the 1112345678999 backbone, completed by any additional tile of that suit. It must be fully closed, with no calls, and uses no honors at all. When held in the pure nine-tile-wait form before drawing, where any of the suit's nine ranks completes it, many rulesets award an enhanced version.
Good to know
- •Closed hand only and a single number suit; honors and calls are not allowed.
- •It is inherently a chinitsu, but is scored as this far higher pattern instead.
- •The pure form waiting on all nine tiles of the suit is often a double-strength variant.
Chuuren Poutou (九蓮宝燈) — FAQ
What is the 'pure' nine gates?
If the 1112345678999 shape is complete and you wait on any of the suit's nine ranks, that nine-sided wait is the pure form, worth more in many rules.
Can chuuren poutou be open?
No. It must be entirely concealed; calling any tile disqualifies the hand from this pattern.
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