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Named hand patterns with point or fan values.
Also known as: Fan scoring, Yaku notation
Mahjong scoring names patterns rather than counting tiles, and the pattern lists differ radically between Chinese, Japanese, Hong Kong and American rules. There is no international scoring standard, so a hand's value is meaningless without naming the variant.
Score a hand by the named patterns it contains rather than by a count of tiles.
Contexts: History
Differ so far between Chinese, Japanese, Hong Kong and American rule sets that a hand's value cannot be stated without naming the variant.
Contexts: History
A written list of pattern names with numerals beside them, set out as a scoring table.