Hong Kong mahjong faan table
Faan are points for special things in a winning hand. You usually need at least 3 faan to win. A limit hand scores the most your group allows. Nothing else is added to it.
| Pattern | Faan | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| All chows | 1 | All four sets are runs (chows). |
| All pungs | 3 | All four sets are 3 or 4 of a kind. |
| Mixed one suit | 3 | One suit, plus winds and dragons. |
| Pure one suit | 7 | Every tile is from one suit. |
| Mixed orphans | 1 | Only 1s, 9s, winds and dragons, in pungs and a pair. |
| Dragon pung | 1 | Each pung of a dragon. |
| Seat wind pung | 1 | A pung of your own seat wind. |
| Prevailing wind pung | 1 | A pung of the wind of the round (East). |
| Small three dragons | 5 | Pungs of two dragons and a pair of the third. |
| Great three dragons | 8 | Pungs of all three dragons. |
| Small four winds | 6 | Pungs of three winds and a pair of the fourth. Your seat and round winds still add. |
| Great four winds | limit | Pungs of all four winds. |
| All honors | limit | Only winds and dragons. |
| All terminals | limit | Only 1s and 9s, in pungs and a pair. |
| Four concealed pungs | limit | Four pungs or kongs, none of them called. |
| Nine gates | limit | 1 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 9 9 in one suit, plus any tile of that suit. No called sets. |
| All kongs | limit | Four kongs and a pair. |
| Thirteen orphans | limit | One of each 1 and 9, each wind and each dragon, plus one more of any of them. |
| Heaven's hand | limit | East, the dealer, wins with the 14 tiles dealt. |
| Earth's hand | limit | You win on the first tile East throws. |
| Seven pairs | 4 | Seven different pairs. Only if the house rule is on. |
| Self-drawn | 1 | You draw the winning tile yourself. |
| Concealed hand | 1 | You called no tiles before your winning tile. |
| Win on the last tile | 1 | The last tile of the wall, or the last tile thrown. |
| Win on a kong tile | 1 | The extra tile you draw after a kong. |
| Robbing a kong | 1 | You win with a tile another player adds to a pung. |
| Own flower or season | 1 | Each bonus tile with your seat's number. |
| All four flowers or seasons | 2 | All four of one group. |
| All eight flowers and seasons | limit | Every flower and every season. |
| No flowers or seasons | 1 | You have no bonus tiles. |
Learn it step by step in lesson 7: Faan scoring. For worked examples and payments, read Hong Kong mahjong scoring explained. Then play a game of Hong Kong mahjong and see the faan add up. Or go back to all Hong Kong lessons.