A tile may not be called to complete 2023 unless it is for Mah Jongg. 2023 is a grouping of individual tiles.
It is not a Kong (a grouping of identical tiles).
2023 3rd hand down FFFF DDD 2023 DDD
The parenthesis (2023 Any Suit, Pungs Any Dragons) indicate that you can use any suit for 2023. The Pungs (DDD) can be any Dragons (Soaps, Reds or Greens ) but they must be opposite Dragons. The suit of the Dragons can match the suit of 2023.
2023 4th hand down 22 000 NEWS 222 33
The parenthesis (Any 2 Suits, Pair of 2s may be in Any Suit) indicate that the 22 can be in any suit. 22 can not match the 222 33 which must be in a second suit. The 222 and the 33 must be in the same suit.
Addition Hands
This section is limited to the hands exactly as they are written on the card.
FF 1111 + 1111 = 2222 (Any 3 Suits)
FF 2222 + 2222 = 4444 (Any 3 Suits)
FF 3333 + 3333 = 6666 (Any 3 Suits)
FF 4444 + 4444 = 8888 (Any 3 Suits)
Consecutive Run 5th hand down   FF 1111 2222 3333 -or- 1111 2222 3333 (Any 1 or 3 Suits)
All hands in the Consecutive Run section of the card are ANY Consecutive numbers except for the 1st hand which states these numbers only. Since the hand is played in 1 or 2 suits there is not enough room to put “Any Run” in the parenthetical.