棋 — kanji meaning “chess piece”
棋
chess piece, Japanese chess, shogi
- Meanings
- chess piece, Japanese chess, shogi
- On'yomi
- キ (ki)
- Kun'yomi
- ご
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1311 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 75
- Chinese reading
- qí — Chinese character page
Words with 棋
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 将棋 | しょうぎ shougi | shogi; Japanese chess |
| 棋士 | きし kishi | professional shogi player; professional go player |
| 棋譜 | きふ kifu | record of a game of go, shogi, chess, etc. |
| 棋聖 | きせい kisei | great master of go; great master of shogi |
| 将棋倒し | しょうぎだおし shougidaoshi | falling down one after another (like dominoes) |
| 詰将棋 | つめしょうぎ tsumeshougi | (constructed) shogi problem; shogi puzzle |
| 棋院 | きいん kiin | go institution; go club; go hall |
| 棋風 | きふう kifuu | one's style of playing shogi or go |
| 棋界 | きかい kikai | world of go; world of shogi; go circles |
| 棋戦 | きせん kisen | go or shogi tournament |
| 棋力 | きりょく kiryoku | skill in go or shogi |
| 棋王 | きおう kiou | Kiō (one of the eight major professional titles of shogi); shogi king |
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