Chinese symbol for “chess”
棋
qí
chess; chess-like game; a game of chess; 盘 (pán)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for chess is 棋 (qí), defined as: chess; chess-like game; a game of chess; 盘 (pán); chess piece; 个 (gè),颗 (kē).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “chess”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 棋.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 围棋 (圍棋) | wéi qí | the game of Go |
| 棋子 | qí zǐ | chess piece; 个 (gè),颗 (kē) |
| 象棋 | xiàng qí | Chinese chess; measure word: 副 (fù) |
| 棋盘 (棋盤) | qí pán | chessboard |
| 下棋 | xià qí | to play chess |
| 棋手 | qí shǒu | chess player |
See also: Japanese symbol for “chess”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.