MauJong!

Scoring hands

Faan stack: when a hand meets several of these, add them up, then stop at the table's cap. Points are 2 to the power of the faan: 3 faan is 8, 4 is 16, 5 is 32. Off a discard, the discarder alone pays double. On a self-draw, all three pay.

Hand patterns

Chicken Hand 雞糊

0 faan

“gai woo”

Four mixed sets and a pair, with nothing that scores.

4 bamboo4 bamboo6 characters6 characters6 characters4 bamboo5 bamboo6 bamboo1 characters2 characters3 characters9 dots9 dots9 dots

All Chows 平糊

1 faan

“ping woo”

Four sequences and a pair.

Green dragonGreen dragon2 dots3 dots4 dots4 bamboo5 bamboo6 bamboo1 characters2 characters3 characters4 dots5 dots6 dots

All Triplets 對對糊

3 faan

“dui dui woo”

Four poong and a pair.

2 characters2 characters2 characters9 dots9 dots9 dots6 bamboo6 bamboo6 bambooWhite dragonWhite dragonWhite dragonNorth windNorth wind

Half Flush 混一色

3 faan

“wun yut sihk”

One suit mixed with honour tiles.

Green dragonGreen dragonGreen dragon3 characters4 characters5 characters1 characters2 characters3 characters2 characters2 characters2 characters6 characters6 characters

7 Pairs 七對子

4 faan

“chut dui jee”

Seven different pairs of any suit or honours. Always a concealed hand.

South windSouth windGreen dragonGreen dragon3 bamboo3 bamboo9 characters9 characters1 dots1 dotsWest windWest windWhite dragonWhite dragon

Full Flush 清一色

7 faan

“ching yut sihk”

One suit only. With All Triplets it stacks to 10.

9 dots9 dots9 dots2 dots3 dots4 dots3 dots4 dots5 dots6 dots6 dots6 dots7 dots7 dots

Full Flush with 7 Pairs 清一色

+7 faan

Seven pairs all in one suit: 7 for Full Flush on top of the 4 for 7 Pairs, 11 in total.

1 dots1 dots3 dots3 dots4 dots4 dots6 dots6 dots7 dots7 dots8 dots8 dots9 dots9 dots

Winds and dragons

Dragon Poong 箭刻

+1 faan

Every dragon poong gives 1 extra faan.

Green dragonGreen dragonGreen dragon

Seat Wind 門風

1 faan

A pung or kong of your own wind.

East windEast windEast wind

Small 3 Dragons 小三元

5 faan

“siu saam yuen”

Two dragon triplets and a dragon pair.

Red dragonRed dragonRed dragonWhite dragonWhite dragonWhite dragon3 bamboo3 bamboo3 bamboo3 characters4 characters5 charactersGreen dragonGreen dragon

Small 4 Winds 小四喜

6 faan

“siu sei hei”

Three wind triplets and a wind pair.

South windSouth windSouth windNorth windNorth windNorth windWest windWest windWest wind1 dots2 dots3 dotsEast windEast wind

Big 3 Dragons 大三元

8 faan

“dai saam yuen”

Triplets of all three dragons.

Red dragonRed dragonRed dragonGreen dragonGreen dragonGreen dragonWhite dragonWhite dragonWhite dragon7 bamboo8 bamboo9 bamboo2 dots2 dots

Big Four Winds 大四喜

13 faan

“dai sei hei”

All four wind triplets and any pair.

West windWest windWest windEast windEast windEast windNorth windNorth windNorth windSouth windSouth windSouth wind1 dots1 dots

How you won

Concealed Hand 門前清

+1 faan

Nothing claimed from a discard before the winning tile. Adds 1 to the hand.

Last Tile 海底撈月

+1 faan

Won on the last tile of the wall. Adds 1 to the hand.

Robbing the Kong 搶槓

+1 faan

Won on a tile another player added to a poong to make a gong. Adds 1 to the hand, and that player pays.

Flowers and seasons

6 Flowers or Seasons 六花

+3 faan

Holding 6, 7 or 8 flowers and seasons adds 3 to your hand. Fewer than 6 score nothing.

Plum flowerOrchid flowerChrysanthemum flowerBamboo flowerSpringSummer

7 Flowers Win 花糊

3 faan

Holding 7 flowers and seasons, you may declare a win straight away, worth 3 faan. Everyone pays.

Plum flowerOrchid flowerChrysanthemum flowerBamboo flowerSpringSummerAutumn

Big hands

Four Concealed Triplets 坎坎糊

8 faan

Four pungs or kongs with nothing claimed from a discard.

1 dots1 dots1 dots4 bamboo4 bamboo4 bamboo7 characters7 characters7 characters8 dots8 dots8 dots2 bamboo2 bamboo

All Terminals 清么九

10 faan

“ching yiu gau”

Only 1s and 9s of any suit.

1 dots1 dots1 dots9 characters9 characters9 characters1 bamboo1 bamboo1 bamboo9 dots9 dots9 dots1 characters1 characters

All Honours 字一色

10 faan

“zee yut sihk”

Only winds and dragons.

West windWest windWest windGreen dragonGreen dragonGreen dragonEast windEast windEast windWhite dragonWhite dragonWhite dragonRed dragonRed dragon

Nine Gates 九子連環

10 faan

“gau zee leen warn”

Fully concealed 111 2345678 999 in one suit, plus any one more tile of that suit.

1 dots1 dots1 dots2 dots3 dots4 dots5 dots6 dots7 dots8 dots9 dots9 dots9 dots1 dots

Thirteen Orphans 十三么

13 faan

“sup saam yiu”

One of each 1, 9, wind and dragon, plus one more of any of them. Fully concealed.

1 bamboo1 bamboo9 bamboo1 dots9 dots1 characters9 charactersEast windSouth windWest windNorth windRed dragonGreen dragonWhite dragon

All Gongs 十八羅漢

13 faan

“sup baat lor hon”

Four gongs and any pair.

West windWest windWest windWest wind9 dots9 dots9 dots9 dots3 bamboo3 bamboo3 bamboo3 bamboo3 characters3 characters3 characters3 charactersWhite dragonWhite dragon

Heavenly Hand 天糊

13 faan

The dealer wins with the opening hand.

Earthly Hand 地糊

13 faan

A non-dealer wins on the dealer's first discard.

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