LRC Taiwanese · Scoring rule
Earthly Hand 地胡
The Earthly Hand scores 90 points when a non-dealer completes a winning hand on the dealer's opening discard, before drawing a tile of their own. It is the discard-side counterpart to the dealer's Heavenly Hand and one of the game's timing-based limit hands.
A worked example
A non-East player wins on East's very first discard. 90 points.
South seat completes a concealed hand on East's opening discard = Earthly Hand (90 pts). The underlying hand still scores its own pattern (here mixed dragon + clean all-sheung).
Frequently asked
How many points is Earthly Hand worth in Taiwanese mahjong?
Earthly Hand scores 90 pts in LRC Taiwanese 16-tile mahjong. The Earthly Hand scores 90 points when a non-dealer completes a winning hand on the dealer's opening discard, before drawing a tile of their own. It is the discard-side counterpart to the dealer's Heavenly Hand and one of the game's timing-based limit hands.
What is an example of Earthly Hand?
South seat completes a concealed hand on East's opening discard = Earthly Hand (90 pts). The underlying hand still scores its own pattern (here mixed dragon + clean all-sheung). The full 17-tile hand scores 135 points in total.