English: Animated abstraction of the Nine Gates hand in Mahjong, showing the base hand (1112345678999) and how any single tile in the same suit will win the hand. The nine different ways to win are as follows:
winning with a 1: 111 123 456 789 99 (also a yi tiao long)
winning with a 2: 111 22 345 678 999
winning with a 3: 11 123 345 678 999
winning with a 4: 111 234 456 789 99
winning with a 5: 111 234 55 678 999
winning with a 6: 11 123 456 678 999
winning with a 7: 111 234 567 789 99
winning with a 8: 111 234 567 88 999
winning with a 9: 11 123 456 789 999 (also a yi tiao long)
This winning hand is always a special case of pure single suit (qing yi se). Redrawn from Nine-Gates-anim.gif with consistent colors to illustrate Pongs (red), Chows (green), and Eyes (blue).
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