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Mahjong questions, answered

30 of the questions people actually ask about mahjong, each answered in a sentence at the top of its own page and then explained properly underneath.

They cover the game itself (is it gambling, how many players, how long a game runs), the tiles (how many are in a set, what flowers and dragons do, what a pung, chow and kong are), and above all the scoring — what a faan is, what a hand is worth, how a table's house rules change it, and how to keep score without paper. Every answer that quotes a Hong Kong number reads it from Mahjiku's shipped rule sheet, so the page and the app can never drift apart.

Is mahjong gambling?How many tiles are in a mahjong set?What are the different types of mahjong?How do you keep score in mahjong?What is a winning hand in mahjong?What's the difference between mahjong and mahjong solitaire?How many players do you need for mahjong?How do you play mahjong?Is mahjong Chinese or Japanese?How long does a game of mahjong take?What is a faan in mahjong?What are pung, chow, and kong in mahjong?What are the flowers in mahjong?Is mahjong hard to learn?What is riichi in mahjong?What are the winds and dragons in mahjong?How many points do you need to win in mahjong?Can you play mahjong on your phone?What is the dealer in mahjong?Is mahjong good for your brain?Is there a mahjong scoring cheat sheet?What is the Hong Kong mahjong faan chart?How is a kong scored in mahjong?What is the difference between winning by self-draw and winning off a discard?What order do the mahjong winds go in?What happens if nobody wins a mahjong hand?What is a limit hand in mahjong?What are house rules in mahjong?How much is a mahjong hand worth?How do you keep score in mahjong without paper?
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Last updated: 2026-10-07.

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