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source: The Complete Book of Mah-Jongg A.D. Millington Arthur Barker Limited, London (1977)
None of these scores are exclusive; use all that apply.
In most of the doubling and Special Limit hand items, "pong" may be pong or kong; an exposed kong made by annexing a discard to a concealed pong shall be considered a concealed set; drawing bonus tiles in the process of fulfilling the requirements of an item below shall not disqualify usage of that item (e.g. bonus tile from the kong box while completing Kong upon Kong)
Basic points applicable to all hands
0 | any chow |
2 | pong of minor tiles, exposed |
4 | pong of minor tiles, concealed |
4 | pong of major tiles, exposed |
8 | pong of major tiles, concealed |
8 | kong of minor tiles, exposed |
16 | kong of minor tiles, concealed |
16 | kong of major tiles, exposed |
32 | kong of major tiles, concealed |
2 | pair of Dragons |
2 | pair of player's own Wind |
2 | pair of Prevailing Wind |
0 | any other pair |
Basic points applicable only by a Mah-Jongg hand
10 | completing the hand (obtaining Mah-Jongg) |
2 | final tile was drawn from the wall |
2 | filling the only place (may take discards and all exposed sets on table into consideration) |
2 | Fishing the Eyes - obtaining Mah-Jongg by completing the pair of minor tiles |
4 | Fishing the Eyes - obtaining Mah-Jongg by completing the pair of major tiles |
Doubles applicable to all hands
(number denotes how many doubles)
1 | player has both his own flower and own season |
1 | all four flowers |
1 | all four seasons |
1 | set of Dragons |
1 | set of player's own Wind |
1 | set of Prevailing Wind |
1 | Little Three Dragons - two sets of Dragons, and pair of the third |
2 | Big Three Dragons - three sets of Dragons (sl:Three Great Scholars) |
1 | Little Four Joys - three sets of Winds and pair of the fourth |
2 | Big Four Joys - four sets of Winds (sl:Four Joys in Full) |
1 | three concealed pongs (sl:Buried Treasure) |
Doubles applicable to Mah-Jongg hands only
(special limit variation of each given in parentheses and "sl")
(number denotes how many doubles)
1 | No-Score - four sequences and non-scoring pair |
1 | Birds Singing in Harmony - no sequences (sl:Buried Treasure) |
1 | entirely concealed hand (sl:Buried Treasure) |
1 | One Suit - one suit and honour tiles (sl:Imperial Jade) |
3 | Clear Suit - one suit, no honours (sl:Nine Sacred Lamps of Lotus, The Wriggling Snake, Concealed Clear Suit) |
1 | all major tiles (sl:Heads and Tails) |
2 | all honour tiles (sl:All Symbols) |
1 | Opening a Flower on the Top of a Mountain / winning on the roof - completing hand by drawing loose tile (sl:Gathering Plum Blossom from the Roof) |
1 | Winning From the Bottom of the Sea - completing hand by drawing the last available tile from the live wall, or by drawing a loose tile after the live wall is gone (sl: Catching the Moon from the Bottom of the Sea) |
1 | Catching the Fish From the Bottom of the River - player obtains Mah-Jongg on a discard made when the last tile in the live wall is drawn |
1 | robbing a kong (sl:Scratching a Carrying Pole) |
1 | completing an Original Call (sl:Heaven's Blessing, Earth's Blessing) |
Special Limit hands
Heaven's Blessing - East's original dealt hand is complete | ||||||||||||||||||
Earth's Blessing - South, West or North Mah-Jongg on East's first discard | ||||||||||||||||||
Gathering Plum Blossom from the Roof - complete hand by drawing five dot from the kong box | ||||||||||||||||||
Catching the Moon from the Bottom of the Sea - drawing last tile from wall, and is a one dot | ||||||||||||||||||
Scratching a Carrying Pole - robbing a kong of two bamboo | ||||||||||||||||||
Kong upon Kong (Twofold Fortune) - completing a kong, and with loose tile drawn completes a second kong, and with loose tile drawn obtains Mah-Jongg | ||||||||||||||||||
Fourfold Plenty - hand of four kongs and a pair | ||||||||||||||||||
Buried Treasure - hand of four concealed pongs, and last tile is drawn from the wall | ||||||||||||||||||
The Three Great Scholars - set of each Dragon, another pong, and a pair | ||||||||||||||||||
Four Blessings Hovering o'er the Door (Four Joys in Full) - set of each of the Winds, plus a pair | ||||||||||||||||||
All Symbols - all honour tiles | ||||||||||||||||||
Heads and Tails - hand entirely of ones and nines | ||||||||||||||||||
The Imperial Jade - hand entirely of all-green tiles (2, 3, 4, 6, 8 bamboo and green Dragon only) | ||||||||||||||||||
Nine Sacred Lamps of Lotus (Nine United Sons) - completing a calling hand, where it could be completed by any one of nine different tiles; must be entirely concealed and of one suit: 1-1-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-9-9. May complete by drawing from wall or claiming a discard. | ||||||||||||||||||
The Wriggling Snake - clear suit hand of: set of ones, set of nines, pair of twos, fives or eights, and two sequences of the missing numbers. Need not be concealed.
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Concealed Clear Suit - clear suit hand, entirely concealed including the last tile. | ||||||||||||||||||
The Thirteen Unique Wonders (Thirteen Grades of Imperial Treasure) - hand containing one each of the thirteen major tiles, plus a fourteenth which forms a pair with any one of them. (NOTE: this is the ONLY exception to the requirement that a hand consist of four sets and a pair.) | ||||||||||||||||||
East's Thirteenth Consecutive Mah-Jongg - self-explanatory. After winning this hand, East relinquishes his title to South. |