Should I pick-up Mahjong?

Mahjong, weiqi and XQ seem to be the big ones in China. Mahjong is aesthetically appealing but it is more or less just a card game.

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Mahjong=A card game with money
Cards are very very popular too, more as xiangqi I think.
Mahjong, cards and xiangqi: in all cities I went you can see players outside (and in dedicated rooms). Like dance at night, a big part of the population practice that every day.
Weiqi is far less common.

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As a continuation of the discussion, originally at Forum games for 2021? - #7 by bugcat, of Mahjong as a forum game, here are the relevant Unicode characters from Mahjong Tiles (Unicode block) - Wikipedia

πŸ€€ πŸ€ πŸ€‚ πŸ€ƒ winds

:mahjong: πŸ€… πŸ€† dragons

πŸ€‡ πŸ€ˆ πŸ€‰ πŸ€Š πŸ€‹ πŸ€Œ πŸ€ πŸ€Ž πŸ€ numbers

πŸ€ πŸ€‘ πŸ€’ πŸ€“ πŸ€” πŸ€• πŸ€– πŸ€— πŸ€˜ bamboos

πŸ€™ πŸ€š πŸ€› πŸ€œ πŸ€ πŸ€ž πŸ€Ÿ πŸ€  πŸ€‘ circles

πŸ€’ πŸ€£ πŸ€€ πŸ€₯ flowers

πŸ€¦ πŸ€§ πŸ€¨ πŸ€© seasons

πŸ€ͺ joker

πŸ€« tile back

Instead of :mahjong:, I’d consider using δΈ­.

A less heavy symbol, like ε›ž, could also replace the tile back if desired.

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