Great Four Winds (大四喜) — 13 Faan (Limit)
Great Four Winds is a 13-faan limit hand — pungs (or kongs) of all four winds: East, South, West and North. It pays the table maximum.
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What it is
Great Four Winds is one of the rarest hands in Hong Kong Mahjong: all four wind tiles formed into pungs or kongs, plus any pair as the eyes. The winds occupy all four melds, so the hand’s skeleton is completely fixed.
How to form it
Like Small Four Winds it starts from a wind-heavy deal, but here all four winds must become pungs — four copies of each in the whole wall. By your third exposed wind pung the entire table will lock up the fourth wind, so the last set usually has to be drawn yourself.
Common scoring mistake
As a limit hand it is scored on its own — no Seat Wind, Prevailing Wind, All Pungs or Half Flush on top. It counts as 13 faan, or as the table maximum where the cap is lower (10 faan at most modern tables). Three wind pungs with a wind pair is Small Four Winds (6 faan) — whether the fourth wind is a pung or the pair is exactly the difference. And like Great Three Dragons, many tables apply liability: discarding the fourth wind against three exposed wind pungs makes you pay for the whole hand.
Combines with
Great Four Winds does not stack with other faan — it is a limit hand. The only exception is tables that play without a limit (無限番), where limit hands are counted item by item and Great Four Winds can add All Pungs, Half Flush or All Honours — agree on the limit before you play.
Frequently asked questions
How many faan is Great Four Winds?
Great Four Winds is a 13-faan limit hand in Hong Kong Mahjong: pungs or kongs of all four winds. At tables capped at 10 faan it simply pays the 10-faan maximum.
What is the difference between Great and Small Four Winds?
Great Four Winds has pungs or kongs of all four winds (13 faan, a limit hand). Small Four Winds has three wind pungs plus a pair of the fourth (6 faan).
Is there a liability rule for Great Four Winds?
At many tables, discarding the fourth wind type when three wind pungs are already exposed makes the discarder liable for the entire payout. Agree on this before playing.
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