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Lesson 05

Read the NMJL card

Every American mahjong hand on the card looks like cryptic code at first. Reveal each token to decode it — once you see the pattern, the whole card opens up.

2026 (year hand)

25¢ • Concealed

A classic year hand: two flowers, four 2s, four 0s (white dragons stand in for zero), then 2-2-6-6 of a suit.

The line on the card

Select each token to decode it.

FF— select above to reveal —
2222— select above to reveal —
0000— select above to reveal —
2266— select above to reveal —

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Sources & tests for this chapter

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