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棋

Readings

Kana: キ、ご
Romaji: ki, go
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

chess piece, Japanese chess, shogi

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  12
Radical Number:  75
Frequency:  1311
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-4-8
Korean Reading:  gi
Chinese Reading:  qi2
Unicode:  68cb
JIS:  347D

Indexes

Halpern Index: 987
Nelson Index: 2294
New Nelson Index: 2744
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4a8.14
Four Corner Index: 4498.1
Guide to Remembering Index: 1130
Gakken Index: 1259
Daikanwanjiten Index: 14922
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 6.0391
Remembering the kanji Index: 1763
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1438
Kodansha Compact Index: 1099
Kanji in Context Index: 1535
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 675
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 899
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1779
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1900
Essential Kanji Index: 1794
Kodansha Kanji Index: 1242
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1861
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1552

Words

碁 (ご)
go (board game of capturing territory)
棋士 (きし)
shogi player; go player
棋聖 (きせい)
great master of go; great master of shogi
棋院 (きいん)
go institution; go club; go hall
棋風 (きふう)
one's style of playing shogi or go
将棋 (しょうぎ)
shogi; Japanese chess; xianqi
棋戦 (きせん)
go or shogi tournament
詰め将棋 (つめしょうぎ)
chess problem; composed shogi problem
棋譜 (きふ)
record of a game of go, shogi, chess, etc.
棋界 (きかい)
world of go; world of shogi; go circles; shogi circles
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