Unicode Mahjong tiles

How come it has taken me this long to discover that Unicode includes a full set of mahjong tiles?

They are located between U+1F000 and U+1F02F and are listed in the following order:

Prevailing wind tiles

πŸ€€πŸ€πŸ€‚πŸ€ƒ

  • East wind (U+1F000)
  • South wind (U+1F001)
  • West wind (U+1F002)
  • North wind (U+1F003)

Dragon tiles

πŸ€„πŸ€…πŸ€†

  • Red dragon (U+1F004)
  • Green dragon (U+1F005)
  • White dragon (U+1F006)

Character suit tiles

πŸ€‡πŸ€ˆπŸ€‰πŸ€ŠπŸ€‹πŸ€ŒπŸ€πŸ€ŽπŸ€

  • 1 to 9 (U+1F007 to U+1F00F)

Bamboo suit tiles

πŸ€πŸ€‘πŸ€’πŸ€“πŸ€”πŸ€•πŸ€–πŸ€—πŸ€˜

  • 1 to 9 (U+1F010 to U+1F018)

Circles / dots / balls suit tiles

πŸ€™πŸ€šπŸ€›πŸ€œπŸ€πŸ€žπŸ€ŸπŸ€ πŸ€‘

  • 1 to 9 (U+1F019 to U+1F021)

Flower tiles

πŸ€’πŸ€£πŸ€€πŸ€₯

  • Plum (U+1F022)
  • Orchid (U+1F023)
  • Bamboo (U+1F024)
  • Chrysanthemum (U+1F025)

Season files

πŸ€¦πŸ€§πŸ€¨πŸ€©

  • Spring (U+1F026)
  • Summer (U+1F027)
  • Autumn (U+1F028)
  • Winter (U+1F029)

Miscellaneous tiles

πŸ€ͺπŸ€«

  • Joker (U+1F02A)
  • Tile back (U+1F02B)

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Gareth Saunders

I’m Gareth J M Saunders, 54 years old, 6β€² 4β€³, father of three (including twins). Enneagram type FOUR and introvert (INFJ), I am a non-stipendiary priest in the Scottish Episcopal Church, I sing with the NYCGB alumni choir, play guitar, play mahjong, write, draw and laugh… Former Scrum master at Safeguard Global, Sky and Vision/Cegedim. Former web architect and agile project manager at the University of St Andrews and previously warden at Agnes Blackadder Hall.

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