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棋 kanji
chess piece, Japanese chess, shogi
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N2 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- Secondary school
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On readings
キ
Kun readings
ご
Variant forms
棊檱Words with 棋
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N2将棋Popularshogi; Japanese chess
- —棋士Popularprofessional shogi player; professional go player
- —棋譜Popularrecord of a game of go, shogi, chess, etc.
- —棋院Populargo institution; go club; go hall
- —棋聖Populargreat master of go; great master of shogi
- —将棋倒しPopularfalling down one after another (like dominoes); toppling shogi pieces (lined up in a row)
- —棋界world of go; world of shogi; go circles; shogi circles
- —棋客shogi player; go player
- —棋風one's style of playing shogi or go
- —棋道art of shogi; art of go
- —棋戦go or shogi tournament
- —棋布scattering (of islands, Go pieces, etc., often in harmonious balance); dispersal; constellation; irregular spread
- —棋力skill in go or shogi
- —棋局go or shogi board; position of a game of go or shogi
- —棋王Kiō (one of the eight major professional titles of shogi); shogi king
- —弾棋ancient Chinese board game similar to go
- —兵棋wargame piece (on a training map); map symbol (representing troops)
- —将棋盤shogi board
- —詰将棋(constructed) shogi problem; shogi puzzle
- —持将棋drawn game; impasse