How do you keep score in mahjong?

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You score the winning hand by adding up the value of the patterns it contains, then converting that total into points the losers pay the winner — the exact units and payout depend on the variant. Scoring happens once per hand, when someone wins. You name the patterns the winning hand contains — a flush, all triplets, a dragon set, and so on — and each is worth an amount in that variant's unit (Hong Kong counts faan, Japan counts han and fu, Taiwan counts tai). Add them up, and that total converts into the points the other players pay. In Hong Kong mahjong, for example, every win starts at a base and each named hand adds faan on top; the faan total then becomes points through an additive or a doubling table. House rules set the exact values, so two tables can score the same hand differently. Let the app do it. Mahjiku tallies faan, applies your table's house rules, and settles who pays wh

How do you keep score in mahjong?

Keep score, beautifully