Basics
American Mahjong Basics
See the full shape of a hand, learn the tiles, and lock in the core table words.
This stage gives you the big-picture rules, the tile families, and the vocabulary that makes the table readable.
5 min
→How American Mahjong Works
See the whole hand from table setup to East's first discard before you zoom into the details.
3 min
→Mahjong Tile Families
Use the tile pictures to name the suits, honors, flowers, and jokers without getting lost in too much text.
5 min
→American Mahjong Terms
Learn the short table words that beginners hear constantly, without turning the lesson into a wall of text.
Challenge
→Tile Recognition Checkpoint
Show that you can recognize the main American Mah Jongg tiles by sight before moving into table flow.
Next stage
American Mahjong Game Flow
Set the table, read the card, Charleston, and follow a legal turn.
Continue to Game Flow