Hong Kong faan
HKMA faan table
Every faan item in the HKMA Classical rule set. Add the compatible items, then apply the ceiling: no hand scores more than 10 faan.
Minimum and ceiling
- A hand needs at least 3 faan to win. Chicken Hand, a complete hand worth 0 faan, cannot win.
- An ordinary total above 10 is scored as 10. A listed ceiling hand reaches 10 at once. For example, All Honours does not score 12 even with seat-wind and dragon bonuses.
- MyMahjong HKMA tables use 136 tiles and award no flower or No Flowers faan.
Basic items and winning bonuses
| Item | Faan |
|---|---|
| All Chows | 1 |
| Closed Hand | 1 |
| Dragon Pung / Kong | 1 each |
| Seat Wind / Round Wind | 1 each |
| Self-Drawn | 1 |
| After Kong | +1 (plus Self-Drawn) |
| After Consecutive Kongs | 10 (ceiling) |
| Robbing the Kong | 1 |
| Last Tile | 1 (self-draw only) |
Hand patterns
| Item | Faan |
|---|---|
| All Pungs | 3 |
| Half Flush | 3 |
| Full Flush | 7 |
| Small Dragons | 3 + 2 dragon sets = 5 |
| Big Dragons | 5 + 3 dragon sets = 8 |
| Mixed Terminals and Honours | 1 + All Pungs 3 = 4 |
| Small Winds | 10 (ceiling) |
Limit hands
| Item | Faan |
|---|---|
| Four Concealed Pungs | 10 (ceiling) |
| All Honours | 10 (ceiling) |
| All Terminals | 10 (ceiling) |
| Big Winds | 10 (ceiling) |
| Four Kongs | 10 (ceiling) |
| Thirteen Orphans | 10 (ceiling) |
| Nine Gates | 10 (ceiling) |
| Heavenly Hand | 10 (ceiling) |
| Earthly Hand | 10 (ceiling) |
Conditions to check
- HKMA normally adds every compatible item: Small Dragons is 3 + two dragon bonuses = 5; Big Dragons is 5 + three dragon bonuses = 8; Mixed Terminals and Honours is 1 + All Pungs 3 = 4.
- Closed Hand excludes declared concealed kongs. Four Concealed Pungs excludes every kong, and a discard win must complete the pair.
- After Kan 1 and Self-Drawn 1 are both scored when both apply.
- Last Tile counts only the final wall draw. There is no item for the final discard, and no Human Hand.
- Nine Gates on a discard needs the exact 13-tile core before the win. A self-draw has the wider completed-shape provision.
- Concealed kongs can be robbed only for Thirteen Orphans.
The rules were reviewed with the permission of the Hong Kong Mahjong Association. See HKMA rules explained for the background.
More Hong Kong pages
Values follow the MyMahjong Hong Kong guidebook (Book 1), which is based on the VMC and HKMA rule sets, with the permission of both. The explanations are our own. HKMA: Based on Hong Kong Mahjong Association (HKMA) rules. www.hkmahjong.org