Mahjong Planet

Learn Taiwanese Mahjong from your first tile

Start with no Mahjong experience. This free Taiwanese course explains 16 tiles, five sets and a pair, flowers, calls and tai scoring.

Work through 11 lessons, answer short knowledge checks, and finish with an interactive guided hand. Tile examples and optional guides help you recognize the artwork.

These lessons teach the fixed Taiwanese rules used on Mahjong Planet. No account is needed for lessons. Your progress is saved in this browser and can sync when you sign in.

Your 11 beginner lessons

  1. Meet the Taiwanese tiles

    Start from zero: suits, winds, dragons and bonus tiles.

    Match both the number and the suit. Winds and dragons are honors.

  2. Five sets and a pair

    See exactly what a complete Taiwanese hand looks like.

    Count five sets, then check that you also have a pair.

  3. Draw, discard, and keep count

    Follow an ordinary turn without losing your place.

    On an ordinary turn: draw, check for a win, then discard.

  4. Flowers and replacement tiles

    Understand why a bonus tile does not take a place in your hand.

    Set bonus tiles aside, replace them, then continue your turn.

  5. Claim a chow or pung

    Use a fresh discard to complete a set.

    Chow from your left; pung from anyone. The called set stays on the table.

  6. Kongs: four tiles, one set

    Learn the count exception and the replacement draw.

    Declare the kong, receive its replacement, then win or discard.

  7. Find and claim your win

    Recognize a ready hand and both ways to finish it.

    Check the whole hand. Claim the win while the winning tile is available.

  8. Make a useful first decision

    Keep helpful connections and read what is visible.

    Preserve useful shapes, and remember that other players are trying to finish too.

  9. Tai, payments, and the next hand

    Read your result without memorizing a scoring table.

    Discard win: the discarder pays. Self-draw: all three opponents pay.

  10. Special hands and table rules

    Recognize optional exceptions without needing them to start.

    Start with the ordinary shape. Special declarations are choices, not steps required for every win.

  11. Your first Taiwanese guided hand

    Draw, replace a flower, discard and claim a complete win.

Learn at your pace. Every lesson is available from the start. No account is needed to read the lessons or try the guided hand.