囲碁

See also: 圍碁, 围棋, and 圍棋

Japanese

Kanji in this term
囲	碁
い Grade: 5	ご Grade: S
kan'on	goon

Alternative spelling
圍碁 (kyūjitai)

囲碁 (igo): the game of go.

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いご [íꜜgò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [iɡo̞]

Noun

囲(い)碁(ご) • (igo) ^{←ゐご (wigo)?}

1. Go (board game)

Synonyms

• 碁(ご) (go)
• 手談(しゅだん) (shudan)
• 爛(らん)柯(か) (ranka)
• 方円(ほうえん) (hōen)
• 坐(ざ)隠(いん) (zain)
• 烏鷺(うろ)の争(あらそ)い (uro no arasoi)
• 烏鷺(うろ) (uro)
• 橘(きっ)中(ちゅう)の楽(たの)しみ (kitchū no tanoshimi)