Kanji 碁 Words: Meanings and Readings

囲碁

いご

go (board game)

棊

ご

go (board game)

碁会所

ごかいしょ

commercial go-playing parlour (parlor)

碁盤

ごばん

Go board

きし麺

きしめん

noodles made in flat strips

ざる碁

ざるご

game of go played by poor players

詰め碁

つめご

composed go problem

碁に凝ると親の死に目に会わぬ

ごにこるとおやのしにめにあわぬ

if you get too absorbed when playing go, you will miss your parent's deathbed

碁を打つ

ごをうつ

to play (a game of) go

碁器

ごき

go-stone container

碁客

ごかく

go player

碁笥

ごけ

go-stone container

碁席

ごせき

go club

碁石

ごいし

go stone

碁打ち

ごうち

go player

碁打ちに時なし

ごうちにときなし

go players have no concept of time (being so engrossed in the game)

碁打ち鳥飼い馬鹿の中

ごうちとりかいばかのうち

go players and bird keepers are idiots (both activities demand a lot of time)

碁敵

ごがたき

rival in (the game of) go

碁盤の目

ごばんのめ

intersection on a go board

碁盤割り

ごばんわり

partitioned into squares

碁盤縞

ごばんじま

check

碁盤目

ごばんめ

square (on a go board)

碁盤目状

ごばんめじょう

tessellated

持碁

じご

jigo

西洋碁

せいようご

checkers (board game)

早碁

はやご

fast go

相碁

あいご

go played by two equally skilled players

相碁井目

あいごせいもく

in every game or play, differences in skill between individuals can be substantial

段碁

だんご

dan-ranked go player

置き碁

おきご

handicap go

賭け碁

かけご

playing go for stakes