Winning Hands

Here are the main categories of winning hands! The majority (over 99%) of the winning hands fall into the categories below.





It is possible that your winning hand can be under more than one of the categories above. When that happens, the scoring points for all the categories involved add up! This is rare and it means more WINNINGS! =)

One point to note is that different groups of people playing Mahjong may accept some other kinds of winning hands as well. An example is winning the game with seven pairs of tiles. Hence, do remember to clarify with your Mahjong friends whether certain winning hands are acceptable before the match. This will avoid misunderstanding and conflict after the game started. However, the categories of the winning hands as shown above form the majority of all possible winning hands!

Refer to them when in doubt! =)

Summary: Majority of winning hand includes Chicken Hand, Common Hand, all Triplets (PONG) hand, Mixed One-Suit Hand, Pure One-Suit Hand and all Honour Tiles Hand