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The name "Mahjong" translates roughly to "sparrow" or "chattering sparrow" .

The primary reason the game is named after sparrows is . When four players "wash" or shuffle the tiles face-down on the table, the rhythmic clacking and clicking sounds remarkably like a flock of chattering sparrows. This ritual is poetically known as the "Twittering of the Sparrows" . Historians also suggest a few alternative theories: mahjong tile game chinese sparrows

Each suit runs from , and there are four copies of each tile. The name "Mahjong" translates roughly to "sparrow" or