JōyōJLPT N1Kanken 3
棋

Meaning

Kanji 棋

chess piece

chess piece, Japanese chess, shogi

Stroke Order
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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
ご
Onyomi 音読み
キ
Nanori 名乗り
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Added to Jōyō: 1946

Jōyō
-
JLPT
JLPT N1
Frequency
#1311
Strokes
12
Radical
木
Components
ハ • 木 • 甘
Kanji Kentei
Level 3
Similar Kanji
期 • 欺 • 基 • 碁 • 斯 • 其 • 倛

Related vocabulary

34 common entries

Showing 34 of 35 entries that include this kanji.

碁

ご

go (board game)

棋譜

きふ

record of a game of go, shogi, chess, etc.

棋聖

きせい

great master of go

棋院

きいん

go institution

棋士

きし

professional shogi player

棋風

きふう

one's style of playing shogi or go

棋界

きかい

world of go

棋王

きおう

Kiō (one of the eight major professional titles of shogi)

棋客

きかく

shogi player

棋局

ききょく

go or shogi board

棋戦

きせん

go or shogi tournament

棋道

きどう

art of go

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

彼は将棋の棋譜を毎日つけている。

He records his shogi game notation every day.

祖父は昔、将棋の棋士だった。

My grandfather used to be a professional shogi player.

この店には木でできた将棋の棋があります。

This shop has wooden shogi pieces.

その少年は棋を並べ始めた。

The boy began arranging the game pieces.

父は休日になると棋を指す。

My father plays a board game with pieces on his days off.