Chák t'ín kau, "throwing heaven and nine," is played with 2 dice. In this game the 21 throws that can be made with 2 dice receive different names, and are divided into two series, or suits, called man, "civil," and mò "military."

The 11 man throws in the order of their rank are figured on the right in Plate 1a. They are: "Double six," called t'ín, "heaven." "Double one," called tí, "earth." "Double four," called yan, "man." "One, three" called wo,1 "harmony." "Double five," called múi "plum (flower)."2 "Double three," called ch'éung sám, "long threes." "Double two," caller pán táng, "bench." "Five, six," called fú t'au, "tiger's head." "Four, six," called hung t'au shap, "red head ten." "One, six, "called kò kéuk ts'at, "long leg seven." "One, six, called hung ch'ui luk, "red mallet six."

The 10 mò throws in the order of their rank are figured on the right in Plate 1b. They are: "Five, four," and " six, three," called kau, " nines." "Five, three," and "six, two," called pát, "eights." "Five, two," and "four, three," ts'at, "sevens." "Four, two," Called luk, "six." "Three, two," and "four, one," called 'ng, "fives." "One, two," called sám, "three," or sám kai, "three final."

The first player determined, the other players lay their wagers on the table. The first player then throws and his cast determines the suit, whether man or mò, for that round. No other throws count and the players throw again, if necessary, until they make a cast of the suit led. If the first player throws the highest pair of either series, that is the "double six" of the man, or one of the "nines" of the mò, each player at once pays him, but if he leads the lowest of either suit, that is, the "five, one," or "one, two," he pays them the amount of their stakes. If he throws any other pair than the highest or lowest of either suit the second player throws, and is paid his stakes, if he throws higher, by the first player, or pays him if he throws lower. The game is continued until the first player is out-thrown, when he is succeeded by the second player, and the others lay their wages as before.

1. This throw is called by some ngo, a "goose", a name, like those of the throws that follow it in this series, evidently derived from a fancied resemblance of the spots on the dice.

2. The 5 spot is also called by the name of mume or "plum (flower)", in Japan. In Korea the same name, mai-hoa, "plum flower", is given to the sequence "five, one"; "five, two"; "five, three"; "five, four"; "five, five"; "five, six" in the game Ho-hpai, with dominoes.