Mahjong Pushers and Racks - Sumac

4 acrylic racks with pushers in assorted colours, a full table's worth, for a set that arrived with tiles and nothing else.

A full table of 4, not 2 racks and an argument
Assorted colours, so each player keeps a seat across weeks
The pusher moves the wall without four people reaching across
Acrylic that never holds the oil from a long session

$89.99

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The accessory most sets leave out

A great many mahjong sets ship tiles, dice and nothing else. The racks are assumed, and the first evening is played with 13 tiles balanced against a book or laid flat where everyone can read them.

4 racks is what a table needs. Sets that include 2 are common and they solve half the problem, which in practice means 2 players have racks and 2 do not.

What the pusher does

The rack holds and hides a hand. The pusher moves the wall of face down tiles forward so players can reach it without leaning across the table. On a long wall, pushing by hand is how tiles get knocked flat, and it is slow.

The mechanism is the part to check when the set arrives. Run the pusher end to end before the first game: one that catches will drag the wall out of line every time it is used.

Assorted colours and the seat problem

Colours arrive assorted rather than chosen, which is worth knowing. The practical benefit remains: in a group that plays weekly, each player takes a colour and keeps it, so a hand left on a rack while somebody takes a call is identifiable.

Fit

Racks are cut for a tile height. Measure a tile from your set before ordering, because a rack built for 30 mm American tiles will not hold a 40 mm Chinese tile, and a 20 mm travel tile will slide inside it.

Care

Wipe clean. Stack the racks rather than sliding them against each other, which is what scratches acrylic.

4 acrylic racks with pushers, assorted colours

Tiles: 144
Set weight: 1.8 lb (0.83 kg)

Quantity	4 racks with pushers
Material	Acrylic
Colours	Assorted
Weight	0.8 kg (1.8 lb)
Age	12 and over

Racks hold your hand upright so you can see it without cupping tiles in your palm. Most players buy them once they know how they like to sit.

Length. A rack has to take a full hand with room to spare. Check the stated length against your tile size: 32 mm tiles need noticeably more rack than 26 mm ones.

With or without a pusher. A pusher is the bar that lets you move the wall forward without lifting it tile by tile. It is standard at American tables and optional everywhere else.

Material. Acrylic is light and wipes clean. Wood is heavier and sits quieter on a bare table.

Racks are sold singly as often as in fours, so check the quantity on the page before you order.

Orders are processed within 1 to 2 business days, with tracking on every parcel. Delivery across the United States takes 10 to 25 days and costs $9.95, one flat rate charged once per order whatever the number of items.

Changed your mind? You have 30 days from delivery to request a return, unused and in its original packaging. Approved refunds go back to your original payment method within 3 business days.

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The upgrade that shows

Racks sit in front of you all night. Trade the plastic ones that came in the box for something you like looking at.

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No more sliding

A rack that holds your exposure and pushes a clean wall. The frustration goes away and you stop thinking about it.

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Finish the table

Wood or acrylic, picked to sit with your mat. Four matching racks pull the whole setup together.

Frequently asked questions

A 144 tile set is the traditional Chinese complement: 3 suits, winds, dragons and flowers. Sets sold as 166 are built for American mahjong, which adds 8 jokers along with extra flowers and blank replacement tiles. The distinction matters for racks, because American play exposes melds on the rack as a hand develops, so every seat needs one. These arrive as 4 acrylic racks with pushers.

One hundred and forty four is the older Chinese count: 3 suits of 9 ranks in 4 copies each, 28 honour tiles and 8 flowers. Nothing is missing from it, it is simply the traditional complement, and most sets made in China still ship that way. Whichever count you own, racks are usually left out of the box, which is what a set of 4 acrylic racks with pushers exists to fix.

Chinese mahjong in its regional forms, Hong Kong rules and most international variants all play on 144 tiles. American mahjong is the main exception, since it adds jokers to the complement. Either way the hand in front of a player is 13 tiles, and it stands better on a rack than laid flat where the table can read it. Measure a tile's height first, because racks are cut to a tile depth.

Part count and weight. A full set is roughly 150 moulded tiles, each cut, engraved and coloured to the same tolerance, then boxed and shipped as a heavy object. Accessories add to that total, which is exactly why racks are the first thing dropped from a set to hold its price down. 4 acrylic racks with pushers, at 0.8 kg for the group, fill that gap afterwards.

Play in Style with The Mahjong Section

A mahjong set is handled more than almost anything else in the house: every tile passes through four pairs of hands, several times a game.

That is what we select for. Tiles that read clearly from the far side of the table, edges that stay clean, and a case that still closes after a few seasons of being carried around.

A Set Worth Collecting

Sets differ in ways that only show at the table: the weight of a tile in the hand, how a crak reads from three seats away, whether the case survives the trip to a friend’s house.

When we have the figures, we publish them: tile count, tile size, weight and material. When we do not have one, we leave it out rather than guess.