棋
Translingual
Han character
棋 (radical 75 木+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 木廿一金 (DTMC), four-corner 44981, composition ⿰木其)
- Go - an ancient game of Chinese origin, played with "stones" (round pieces) on a wooden board; the character alludes to these wooden and stone components. The left side of the character depicts a tree; the right side depicts a stone temple.
- chess
- any similar strategic board game, especially abstract strategy game.
References
- KangXi: page 532, character 3
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14922
- Dae Jaweon: page 920, character 11
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1224, character 4
- Unihan data for U+68CB
Cantonese
Hanzi
棋 (Yale kei4)
Japanese
Kanji
Readings
Korean
Hanja
棋 (hangeul 기, revised gi, McCune-Reischauer ki, Yale ki)
Mandarin
Hanzi
棋 (pinyin qí (qi2), Wade-Giles ch'i2)
Min Nan
Hanzi
棋 (POJ kî)