​​my playing card collection

Above are the honour cards, the red flower, the white flower and the old thousand card..
Below there are 3 suits, numbered 1-9,
Coins, Strings, and Myriads.

Backs are plain coloured, green.

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Ceki decks have the same composition as most Chinese "money-suited"packs, though the quantity of each card is fewer, and with less honours. This relation is due to the fact that the game is played especially by Malay or other ethnic groups of Chinese descent.



Each pack is made of 60 cards (30 different patterns, each one repeated twice). For the game, though, two packs are required, so each single card will be repeated four times. Value cards are divided into three suits whose western names are usually Coins, Strings and Myriads. Each suit has nine value cards (no courts), running from 1 to 9. Three "special"cards (or honours) are called White Flower, Red Flower and Old Thousand.



All patterns are in black & white, but three cards feature a red stamp: the 9 of Strings, the Red Flower and the Old Thousand. Ceki decks usually have plain backs. The rules of the game can be found here on Andy Pollets website