Kanji Detail for 棋 - "chess, shogi, game"

棋

Jōyō Kanji

JLPT N1

Meaning
棋 means "chess, shogi, game."
1. Board game - Games using pieces like shogi or go; also the pieces or stones.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

chess piece; Japanese chess; shogi

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

chess; any game similar to chess

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

variant of 棋[qi2]

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

chess; any strategy game

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

A game. Paper is drawn with a grid pattern, nineteen lines each way. Using black and white pieces, players surround each other to win. Generally called 圍棋 (weiqi), the ancient game of yi. Traditionally attributed to Emperor Yao, who made it to teach Dan Zhu. Now considered an elegant pastime. Such as 琴棋書畫 (zither, chess, calligraphy, painting). The commonly played version is 象棋 (xiangqi), with sixteen black and sixteen white pieces arranged on a board like two armies fighting. Anciently called 象戲 (elephant game). Also, 彈棋 was a popular game in Han and Wei times. Liu Xiang of Han Emperor Cheng's time created it by imitating kickball. From "Taiping Guangji." Now lost.
Onyomi

go(ご)

ki(き)
Kunyomi

go
Strokes

12 strokes
Radical

木 (ki・kihen)
Related Keywords
chess shogi go game board game piece player game record strategy tactics match intellectual competition thinking