In any cases that the player touches a card of own territory or of the opponent's territory while a kara-fuda is read, or that the player touches a card of own territory while a right card (matching to the yomi-fuda) is on the opponent's territory, or that the player touches a card of the opponent's territory while a right card is on own territory, the player is called 'otetsuki' (touching a wrong card, a kind of penalty); when players touch cards of the wrong side on impact of touching cards of the right side, the player is not called otetsuki.
お手つきは、空札が詠まれているのにも関わらず、自陣または敵陣のいずれかの札に触った場合や、詠み札が自陣(敵陣)にあるのにも関わらず、敵陣(自陣)の札を触ってしまった場合である(自陣(敵陣)の札に触れた際勢いがついて札が敵陣(自陣)の札を動かした場合はお手つきにはならない)。