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Chinese Mahjong

White Engraved Mahjong Set - Quartz

A compact 144 tile set in white melamine with engraved faces at 22 mm, light enough to carry and cut to outlast printing.

Engraved, so the faces outlast the years that fade printing
Melamine density at mini size, so a tile still feels like one
At 22 mm, compact without going down to the smallest tiles
Traditional white faces that match every book and app
22 mm tiles, travel size. Expect to lean in; these are made to pack, not to read at distance.

$109.99

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22 millimetres, and why the extra 2 matter

Travel mahjong sets cluster at 20 mm and at 26 mm. This one sits at 22, which sounds like splitting hairs and is not.

At 20 mm, a set is genuinely pocketable and genuinely hard to read across a table. At 26 it is comfortable and no longer fits a small bag. 22 keeps most of the portability and gives back a noticeable amount of face, which is where the character has to fit.

Engraved rather than printed

Small tiles are usually printed, because engraving a face this size is slow work. The consequence shows up in year two: printed markings thin where thumbs rest, and they thin unevenly, so the tiles handled most become the hardest to read.

Engraving cuts the character into the tile and lays colour into the cut. The wearing surface is the melamine around the marking. A set made this way is as legible in a decade as it is now.

Melamine, even small

Mini sets often drop to a lighter plastic to save weight, and the tiles end up feeling like counters. Melamine holds its density, so even at 22 mm the tile has a small weight in the hand and a proper click on the table.

The traditional count

144 tiles, 3 suits, winds, dragons, flowers and seasons. No jokers, so this is the Chinese game rather than the American one.

Care

Barely damp cloth. Count the tiles back in at the end of every session.

144 engraved white tiles

Tiles: 144
Set weight: 2.6 lb (1.2 kg)

Tiles	144
Tile size	22 mm
Material	Melamine
Colour	White
Finish	Engraved
Weight	1.2 kg (2.6 lb)
Age	14 and over

Three things tell you more about a set than its price.

Weight. A full-size set runs around 2 to 3 kg; a travel set can be under 1 kg. That difference is what you feel when you shuffle, and it is listed in the specifications on every page here.

Material. Melamine and acrylic give a bright click. Stone, bone and denser composites are duller and heavier in the hand. Neither is better: they suit different tables.

Tile size. From 30 mm upward reads comfortably from the seat opposite. Between 24 and 29 mm suits two players better than four. Below 24 mm is made to pack, not to read at a distance.

You do not need an expensive set to play well. You need one your table can read and you are happy to handle.

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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Play tonight

Tiles, and everything the case holds, in one box. Unwrap it, deal a hand, and your table is running.

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The sound alone

Shuffling a real set is half the pleasure. Weight in your hand, that clack across the table: you can hear it before you see it.

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Yours for twenty years

A set outlasts the group it started with. Choose one you'll still want on the table when someone else is dealing.

Frequently asked questions

One with traditional faces, because every book, app and video a beginner will use shows those. A decorative set makes the learner translate twice. After that, engraved beats printed, since a beginner handles tiles constantly while learning and printing is what wears first. White at 22 mm, as here, keeps the reading familiar without committing to a full sized set.

Jokers, count and size. The Chinese set stops at 144 and has no jokers; the American set adds them and runs higher, with tiles cut larger to suit racks. The scoring traditions differ as much as the boxes do. A Chinese set will not play an American card, which is the practical consequence to be clear about before buying either one.

As a new purchase, it tracks tile size, material and finish, and a compact engraved set sits well below a full sized carved one. As a resale, considerably less, because a used set is only worth something if it is complete. That is the argument for engraving on a set you intend to keep: printed faces fade, and a faded set has no second life at all.

Authentic is doing two jobs in that question. If it means traditional faces and the full 144 count, that is a specification you can check on any listing, and this set meets it. If it means old, then you are in the antiques market, where completeness and the original case decide value. The two searches lead to different sellers and very different prices.

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.