Scoring
Japanese Classical: Overview Gameplay Scoring Penalties & Errors Resources

Initial Points

Each player starts with an initial 500 points. A limit is set to 500 points. Dealer earns double up to a maximum of 3000 (1000 x 3) points. Non-dealers can earn up to 2000 (500 x 2 + 1000) points. No minimum is needed to go out.

Criteria

The winning hand must have four sets and a pair (with the exception of special hands). The restrictions of sacred discard apply.

Outline

Twenty points is awarded to the winner on top of any other additive points. Next, doubles are applied to the hand. You multiple the hand's value by $2^{x}$ where $x$ is the number of doubles. The dealer, depending on winning or losing, will earn or pay double.

  • Win by a discarded tile: The discarding player pays the full value of the winner's hand.
  • Win by self-drawn tile: All players pay the full value of the winner's hand.

After paying the winner, it is an optional rule to have loses payout amongst themselves.

Payment after a Draw (Optional)
When a game ends in a draw any player who has a ready hand receives payment from other players who do not have a ready hand. The payment is as follows:

  • All or no players are waiting: No points
  • Three players are waiting: 200 points
  • Two: 300 points
  • One: 200 points

Scoring Table

To calculate the subtotal by first adding up all the additive points. East is paid double when he/she wins, but on the same token pays out double when he/she loses a hand. The amount of points a player can earn in one hand is restricted to a limit. The limit is often set at 500 or 1,000. Here is a list of scoring elements that seems to be common to many sources:

Additive points:

Value Going Out
20 For Winning
2 Self-Drawn Win
10 Concealed Hand
2 Pair of Dragons
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2 Pair of Seat or Prevalent Wind
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2 Edge, Closed, or Single Wait
Value Special Hands
4 Flower Tile
100 Seven Pairs (Optional)
Value Melded/Concealed Sets
2/4 Pung of Simples
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4/8 Pung of Terminals or Honors
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8/16 Kong of Simples
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16/32 Kong of Terminals or Honors
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Doubles:

Doubles Hand Description Pattern
1 Ready Waiting hand with declaration and 100 point buy in. Hand must be concealed. Special
1 Dragon Pung A pung/kong of dragons.
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Terminals/Honors
1 Seat/Prevalent Wind A pung/kong of seat or prevalent wind.
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Terminals/Honors
1 All Simples Hand contains all simple tiles.
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Suit-Based
1 All Terminals and Honors Hand contains all terminals or honors.
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Terminals/Honors
1 Pure Straight Three chows of the numerical sequences from 1-9 of the same suit. +1 if concealed.
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Chow-Based
1 Pure Double Chow Two identical chows. Hand must be concealed.
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Chow-Based
1 Mixed Triple Chow Three chows of the same numerical sequence of different suits.
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Chow-Based
1 Pure Triple Chow Three identical chows.+ 1 if concealed.
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Chow-Based
1 Triple Pung Three pungs of the same number.
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Pung-Based
1 Out on a Replacement Winning after drawing a replacement tile. Going Out
1 Robbing the Kong Winning on off a tile used to extend a kong. Going Out
1 Last Tile Draw/Discard Winning on the very last tile or the following discard. Going Out
1 Fully Concealed Hand Hand consists entirely of concealed sets and is won by self-draw.
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Going Out
1 Flower of Player's Seat Having a player's corresponding flower/season tile. Special
2 Three Kongs Hand contains three kongs.
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Kong-Based
2 Little Three Dragons Hand has two dragon pungs and a pair of the third dragon.
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Terminals/Honors
2 All Pungs Hand contains all pungs with one or two pungs conceaeled.
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Pung-Based
2 Three Concealed Pungs Hand has three concealed pungs.
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Pung-Based
2 Half Flush Hand contains one suit and honor tiles.
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Suit-Based
3 All Pungs (3 Concealed Pungs) Hand contains all pungs with three pungs concealed.
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Pung-Based
4 Full Flush Hand contains one suit.
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Suit-Based
4 All Flowers Hand contains all flower tiles. Implies Seat Flower.
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Special
4 All Seasons Hand contains all seasons tiles. Implies Seat Season. .
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Special

Limit Hands

The following hands earn the maximum number of points.

Value Hand Description Pattern
Limit Blessing of Heaven East goes out on the initial draw. Hand must be concealed. Going Out
Limit Blessing of Earth Player goes out in the draw. Hand must be concealed. Going Out
Limit Four Concealed Pungs Hand contains our concealed pungs/kongs and a pair.
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Pung-Based
Limit Four Kongs Hand contains four kongs and a pair.
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Kong-Based
Limit All Terminals Hand consists of all terminal pungs/kongs and a pair.
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Terminals/Honors
Limit All Honors Hand consists of all honor pungs/kongs and a pair.
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Terminals/Honors
Limit Thirteen Orphans One of each honor/terminal and a pair of honors/terminals.
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Special
Limit Nine Gates Concealed 1112345678999 of one suit and a matching tile of the same suit.
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Suit-Based
Limit Big Three Dragons Hand consists of three pungs/kongs of dragons.
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Terminals/Honors
Limit Little Four Winds Hand consists of three pungs/kong of winds and a pair of winds.
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Terminals/Honors
Limit Big Four Winds Hand consists of four pungs/kongs of winds.
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Terminals/Honors
Limit Dealer's 8 Consecutive Win Dealer automatically earns the limit after 8 wins in a row. Going Out
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