Chinese Official Mahjong · 64 pt
All Honors in Chinese Official Mahjong (MCR): Points, Rules and Examples
In Chinese Official Mahjong, All Honors (字一色) is worth 64 points: all 14 tiles are honors — East, South, West, North, Red, Green, White — with no characters, dots or bamboo.
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The rules for All Honors
- Only the 7 honor kinds, four of each — 28 tiles in total
- Honors cannot form chows, so a standard hand is always four pungs (or kongs) plus a pair
- Or seven pairs: one pair of each of the seven honors
- Claiming and kongs are allowed — it does not have to be concealed
What All Honors does not combine with
Under the non-repeat principle these are implied and not counted:
- All Pungs (6): a standard hand is always four pungs
- All Terminals and Honors (32) and Outside Hand (4)
- Pung of Terminals or Honors (1 each): non-scoring wind pungs are not counted one by one
Still counted: the honor pungs are scoring tiles themselves, so Dragon Pung (2), Two Dragon Pungs, Prevalent Wind and Seat Wind are added; if the shape fits, Little Three Dragons, Little Four Winds, Big Three Dragons, Big Four Winds, Four Concealed Pungs or Seven Pairs stack on top. An All Honors win is usually worth far more than 64 points.
Scoring examples
Scored live by the game's own code, including the fan not counted under the non-repeat rule. Note the round and seat wind shown in each box.
Won on a discard · East round · Seat wind: South
| All Honors | 64 |
| Two Dragon Pungs | 6 |
| Prevalent Wind | 2 |
| Total | 72 pt |
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Reaches the 8-point minimum — a legal win.
Not counted (implied by a bigger fan): All Terminals and Honors、All Pungs、Outside Hand、Dragon Pung、Pung of Terminals or Honors
Self-drawn · East round · Seat wind: East
| All Honors | 64 |
| Seven Pairs | 24 |
| Self-Drawn | 1 |
| Total | 89 pt |
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Reaches the 8-point minimum — a legal win.
Not counted (implied by a bigger fan): All Terminals and Honors、Fully Concealed Hand
Self-drawn · North round · Seat wind: West
| Little Three Dragons | 64 |
| All Honors | 64 |
| Four Concealed Pungs | 64 |
| Fully Concealed Hand | 4 |
| Single Wait | 1 |
| Total | 197 pt |
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Reaches the 8-point minimum — a legal win.
Not counted (implied by a bigger fan): All Terminals and Honors、All Pungs、Outside Hand、Dragon Pung、Pung of Terminals or Honors、Self-Drawn
How it relates to other fan
- Half Flush: one suit plus honors, 6 points. All Honors is the extreme with no suit at all.
- All Terminals and Honors: terminals plus honors, 32 points; All Honors absorbs it.
- All Pungs: a standard All Honors hand is always All Pungs.
- Seven Pairs: seven honor pairs add Seven Pairs (24).
- Big Three Dragons, Big Four Winds: honor fan in themselves; when the rest of the hand is also honors, All Honors is added.
Odds of All Honors
Only the 28 honor tiles qualify. The chart counts honors in a 13-tile opening hand:
| Honor tiles in the opening hand | Chance |
|---|---|
| 2+ tiles | 80% |
| 3+ tiles | 53% |
| 4+ tiles | 26% |
| 5+ tiles | 9.8% |
| 6+ tiles | 2.7% |
| 7+ tiles | 0.55% |
Source: 1,000,000 random 13-tile deals (flowers already replaced).
Seven or more honors at the start happen only 0.55% of the time. In 4,000 computer-played hands (3,849 wins) All Honors appeared 0 times — too small a sample for a fan this rare; it only shows how rare it is.
When to go for it
- Many honors with three or four pairs: claim the scoring ones first (dragons, prevalent and seat wind) — each claim already scores, and Half Flush or All Pungs is the fall-back.
- Honors are the first tiles others discard, so pungs are claimable — but with four of each, two in the discards means that honor can only be your pair.
- When someone shows two or three honor pungs and the discards are almost free of honors, they are probably chasing All Honors or another big hand: hold your honors.
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All Honors in other mahjong styles
- Taiwanese mahjong: All Honors is 16 tai (All Honors in Taiwanese mahjong)
- Riichi mahjong: Tsuuiisou is a yakuman (Japanese mahjong yaku list)
FAQ
How many points is All Honors?
All Honors is worth 64 points in Chinese Official Mahjong. It does not add All Pungs, All Terminals and Honors, Outside Hand or Pung of Terminals or Honors.
Do Dragon Pung and Prevalent Wind still count?
Yes. Dragon Pung, Two Dragon Pungs, Prevalent Wind and Seat Wind are all added; only the terminal-pung point of non-scoring winds is absorbed.
Can seven pairs be All Honors?
Yes. One pair of each of the seven honors is All Honors plus Seven Pairs, 88 points before anything else.
Can I claim pungs for All Honors?
Yes. It does not need to be concealed; pungs and exposed kongs are fine.
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