All players at the table are responsible for ensuring that winning hands are scored correctly and to the maximum points.
First find the number of han: add the number of han given by the yaku (at least one), the number of dora tiles, kan dora tiles, and in case of a riichi winning hand the number of ura dora. This sum is the han value of the hand.
Then the base value of the hand, the minipoints (fu), is calculated. Round the number of minipoints up to the next 10. (e.g. 32 minipoints are rounded up to 40). In case of a seven pairs hand, the hand worth 25 minipoints and there is no rounding up.
• For hands worth less than five han, the minipoints rounded up are doubled by the number of han plus 2, giving the base value of the hand. This base value is limited to 2000 points.
A base value of 1920 points, being close to mangan, is rounded up to 2000 points.
• For hands with five or more han, the minipoints are irrelevant. The score should be read on the scoring tables:
Han | Name | Base value |
5 | Mangan | 2000 |
6, 7 | Haneman | 3000 |
8, 9, 10 | Baiman | 4000 |
11 and more | Sanbaiman | 6000 |
• For yakuman hands, the base value is 8000.
There is no counted yakuman: a hand worth 13 or more han but not having a yakuman yaku is only rewarded sanbaiman.
• In case of winning on a self-draw, the base value is to be paid by all three opponents.
For East, however, the value is doubled one more time. East receives double payment, but also pays twice the amount of the base value in case of an opponent’s self-draw.
• In case of winning on a discard, the discarding player must pay for all opponents, including East, i.e. four times the base value if the winner is not East, and three times the doubled base value if the winner is East.
Payments are rounded up to the next 100.
To the hand value are added 100 for each continuance counter on the table in case of self-draw, and 300 in case of winning on a discard.
In addition, the riichi bets on the table are collected by the winner.
If a player score goes below zero, the game continues. The player will have a negative score and plays normally (he can declare riichi, he can pay the other players, ...).