Hong Kong, HKMA 2023 scoring

Hong Kong Mahjong is a four-player game. Players draw and discard tiles until a player wins or the wall ends.

This profile uses HKMA 2023 patterns. Set the table minimum from 0 through 5 faan, and scoring stops at 10 faan.

Companion derives faan from the confirmed hand, declared groups, winds, win source, and selected special event. Set the table minimum faan before you record a result.

1. Deal 14 tiles to East and 13 tiles to each other player.
2. East discards one tile to start the hand.
3. On each turn, draw one tile and discard one tile.
4. Declare chi, pon, or kan when the table rules permit it.
5. End the hand when a player wins or the wall has no draw.

• Make a supported standard hand or Thirteen Orphans.
• Meet the selected minimum faan requirement from 0 through 5.
• Win by self-draw or by claiming another player's discard.
• Select supported special wins explicitly. Companion does not apply liability or simultaneous-winner rules.

The HKMA source assigns faan to each pattern. Companion detects supported patterns, adds their faan, and applies the 10-faan cap.

One faan

Hong Kong patterns worth one faan

Pattern	Pattern value	Condition
All sequences (Ping hu)	1 faan	Four sequences and no triplet or quad.
Example tiles Example tiles: 1 of characters, 2 of characters, 3 of characters, 4 of characters, 5 of characters, 6 of characters, 7 of characters, 8 of characters, 9 of characters, 1 of circles, 2 of circles, 3 of circles, 5 of bamboo, 5 of bamboo
Concealed hand (Men qian qing)	1 faan	All groups are concealed. A concealed quad counts as an exposed group in this source.
Example tiles Example tiles: 1 of characters, 2 of characters, 3 of characters, 4 of characters, 5 of characters, 6 of characters, 7 of characters, 8 of characters, 9 of characters, 1 of circles, 2 of circles, 3 of circles, 5 of bamboo, 5 of bamboo
Self-draw (Tsumo)	1 faan	The winning tile comes from your own draw.
Example tiles Example tiles: 1 of characters, 2 of characters, 3 of characters
Dragon set	1 faan	One triplet or quad of a dragon. Count each scoring dragon set.
Example tiles Example tiles: Red dragon, Red dragon, Red dragon
Wind set	1 faan	One triplet or quad of the seat wind or round wind. A matching wind counts twice.
Example tiles Example tiles: East, East, East
Mixed terminals and honors (Hua yao)	1 faan	Only terminal and honor tiles. This also qualifies for All triplets, adding 3 faan.
Example tiles Example tiles: 1 of characters, 1 of characters, 1 of characters, 9 of characters, 9 of characters, 9 of characters, 1 of circles, 1 of circles, 1 of circles, 9 of circles, 9 of circles, 9 of circles, East, East
Robbing a kong	1 faan	Win with the tile another player uses to make a quad. Companion applies self-draw score shares without adding Self-draw faan.
Example tiles Example tiles: 1 of characters, 1 of characters, 1 of characters, 1 of characters
Kong replacement self-draw	1 faan	Win on the replacement tile after a kong.
Example tiles Example tiles: 1 of characters, 1 of characters, 1 of characters, 1 of characters
Last tile self-draw	1 faan	Win by self-draw on the last tile in the wall.
Example tiles Example tiles: 1 of characters, 2 of characters, 3 of characters

Three faan

Hong Kong patterns worth three faan

Pattern	Pattern value	Condition
Mixed one suit	3 faan	One numbered suit plus honor tiles.
Example tiles Example tiles: 1 of characters, 2 of characters, 3 of characters, 4 of characters, 5 of characters, 6 of characters, 7 of characters, 8 of characters, 9 of characters, East, East, East, White dragon, White dragon
All triplets	3 faan	Four triplets or quads and one pair.
Example tiles Example tiles: 1 of characters, 1 of characters, 1 of characters, 2 of circles, 2 of circles, 2 of circles, 3 of bamboo, 3 of bamboo, 3 of bamboo, 9 of characters, 9 of characters, 9 of characters, 5 of circles, 5 of circles
Little dragons	3 faan; 5 faan total	Two dragon triplets or quads and a pair of the third dragon. The dragon sets add 2 faan, so the complete pattern totals 5 faan.
Example tiles Example tiles: White dragon, White dragon, White dragon, Green dragon, Green dragon, Green dragon, Red dragon, Red dragon, 1 of characters, 2 of characters, 3 of characters, 7 of circles, 8 of circles, 9 of circles

Five faan

Hong Kong patterns worth five faan

Pattern	Pattern value	Condition
Big dragons	5 faan; 8 faan total	Three dragon triplets or quads. The dragon sets add 3 faan, so the complete pattern totals 8 faan.
Example tiles Example tiles: White dragon, White dragon, White dragon, Green dragon, Green dragon, Green dragon, Red dragon, Red dragon, Red dragon

Seven faan

Hong Kong patterns worth seven faan

Pattern	Pattern value	Condition
Full flush	7 faan	All tiles belong to one numbered suit.
Example tiles Example tiles: 1 of characters, 2 of characters, 3 of characters, 4 of characters, 5 of characters, 6 of characters, 7 of characters, 8 of characters, 9 of characters, 1 of characters, 2 of characters, 3 of characters, 5 of characters, 5 of characters

Ten faan limit patterns

Hong Kong patterns that use the ten-faan limit

Pattern	Pattern value	Condition
All honors	10 faan (limit)	Every tile is a wind or dragon.
Example tiles Example tiles: East, East, East, South, South, South, West, West, West, North, North, North, White dragon, White dragon
Little winds	10 faan (limit)	Three wind triplets or quads and a pair of the fourth wind.
Example tiles Example tiles: East, East, East, South, South, South, West, West, West, North, North, 1 of characters, 2 of characters, 3 of characters
Big winds	10 faan (limit)	Four wind triplets or quads.
Example tiles Example tiles: East, East, East, South, South, South, West, West, West, North, North, North, White dragon, White dragon
Four concealed triplets	10 faan (limit)	Four concealed triplets. A quad does not qualify. A discard may complete only the pair.
Example tiles Example tiles: 1 of characters, 1 of characters, 1 of characters, 2 of circles, 2 of circles, 2 of circles, 3 of bamboo, 3 of bamboo, 3 of bamboo, 4 of characters, 4 of characters, 4 of characters, 7 of circles, 7 of circles
Four kongs	10 faan (limit)	Four kongs in the hand.
Example tiles Example tiles: 1 of characters, 1 of characters, 1 of characters, 1 of characters, 2 of circles, 2 of circles, 2 of circles, 2 of circles, 3 of bamboo, 3 of bamboo, 3 of bamboo, 3 of bamboo, East, East, East, East, White dragon, White dragon
All terminals	10 faan (limit)	Only 1 and 9 tiles.
Example tiles Example tiles: 1 of characters, 1 of characters, 1 of characters, 9 of characters, 9 of characters, 9 of characters, 1 of circles, 1 of circles, 1 of circles, 9 of circles, 9 of circles, 9 of circles, 1 of bamboo, 1 of bamboo
Heavenly hand	10 faan (limit)	East wins from the initial deal. A concealed quad ends eligibility.
Example tiles Example tiles: 1 of characters, 2 of characters, 3 of characters
Earthly hand	10 faan (limit)	A non-East player wins on East's first discard after receiving a ready hand. An East concealed quad ends eligibility.
Example tiles Example tiles: 1 of characters, 2 of characters, 3 of characters
Thirteen orphans	10 faan (limit)	One of each terminal and honor, plus one duplicate.
Example tiles Example tiles: 1 of characters, 9 of characters, 1 of circles, 9 of circles, 1 of bamboo, 9 of bamboo, East, South, West, North, White dragon, Green dragon, Red dragon, 1 of characters
Two kong replacement draws	10 faan (limit)	Win by self-draw after two consecutive kongs.
Example tiles Example tiles: 1 of characters, 1 of characters, 1 of characters, 1 of characters
Nine gates	10 faan (limit)	A concealed 1112345678999 in one suit plus one tile of that suit. A discard win needs a nine-sided wait.
Example tiles Example tiles: 1 of characters, 1 of characters, 1 of characters, 2 of characters, 3 of characters, 4 of characters, 5 of characters, 6 of characters, 7 of characters, 8 of characters, 9 of characters, 9 of characters, 9 of characters, 5 of characters

Companion sets flower tiles aside. This HKMA profile assigns them no separate faan value.

Number tiles belong to three suits: characters, circles, and bamboo. Each suit has ranks 1 through 9.

Honor tiles are winds and dragons. A standard tile set contains four copies of each numbered and honor tile.

Hong Kong tables can use eight flower tiles. Companion sets them aside, and this profile assigns them no separate faan.

A group is a sequence, triplet, or quad. A standard winning hand uses four groups and one pair.

Identify each fixed chi, pon, or kan as a declared group. A declared kan can be exposed or concealed.

• Sequence

  Three consecutive numbered tiles in one suit. Example: 2, 3, and 4 of characters.

  

  

  

• Triplet

  Three identical tiles. Example: three red dragons.

  

  

  

• Quad

  Four identical tiles. Example: four East tiles.

  

  

  

  

• Pair

  Two identical tiles. A standard hand uses one pair.

  

  

Hong Kong and Singapore support Thirteen Orphans. These profiles exclude Seven Pairs.

Declared group

A declared group is a fixed chi, pon, or kan. A declared kan can be exposed or concealed.

Ron

Ron is a win on another player's discard. The discarder pays the score charge in the applicable profile.

Tsumo

Tsumo is a win from your own draw. The other players provide the score charges.

Faan

Faan is the total value of scoring patterns in a Hong Kong hand. Companion derives and caps this total.

Example: 5 faan selects a 96-point table value in this profile.

Table value

The table value is the point amount selected by the faan table. A discard win charges it to the discarder.

Example: 5 faan gives a 96-point table value here.

Han

Han is not an input in this Hong Kong profile. Use faan as the scoring unit.

Example: a detected 5-faan hand uses the Hong Kong table, not Riichi han.

Fu

Fu is not an input in this Hong Kong profile. It does not change this basic faan table.

Example: fu does not change a Hong Kong result.

Companion excludes HKMA liability and simultaneous winners. It supports robbing a kong but cannot prove the complete call history.

Companion validates a scorable hand. It does not prove wall history, missed calls, claim order, or complete gameplay.

Source: HKMA, GGHK Classical Hong Kong Mahjong Rulebook Revision: 2023-05-17.