A pung of the round's wind.
A pung or kong of the current round’s wind, not of your seat. A full match runs East, South, West and North.
The prevailing wind is shown for the whole round, so all four players chase the same tile. Many short games never leave the East round, which makes East the wind that pays it most often.
The round wind is the same for everyone, so those tiles vanish faster than any other honour. Nobody discards them cheaply.
If you intend to pung the round wind, take the first one offered rather than waiting for a better shape. If two have already passed, give up on the third.
Confusing the round wind with your seat wind. They are separate rows and either pays on its own. The round wind is fixed for the table. Your seat wind belongs to your chair and changes as the deal moves.
When your seat wind and the round wind are the same tile, one pung collects both for two faan. Small Winds at six and Great Winds at limit both contain this pattern by definition, since they are built from wind sets.
How do I know which wind is the round wind?
The table shows it. In Mahjong Winds the centre dial displays the prevailing wind and hand number for the whole round.
Can more than one player score it?
In principle yes, but only four copies exist. In practice at most one player can hold a pung of them.
Does the round wind change mid-round?
No. It is fixed for the round and advances only after the deal has passed all the way around the table.
Play Mahjong Winds
Every win shows its faan line by line, using the table on this page.