Kanji

棋

chess piece, Japanese chess, shogi

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

12 strokes

Radical

木部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

キ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

ご

Common Readings

キ

Example sentences

将棋 しょうぎ
彼は毎日、将棋を指します。

He plays shogi every day.

駒 こま
彼は将棋の駒を巧みに操った。

He skillfully manipulated the shogi pieces.

棋士 きし
彼は史上最年少でプロの棋士になった

He became a professional Shogi player as the youngest in history.

十四 じゅうし
彼は十四歳でプロの棋士になった。

He became a professional Shogi player at the age of fourteen.

棋譜 きふ
彼はその棋譜を研究した

He studied that game record.

Example Vocabulary

将棋

しょうぎ

shogi; Japanese chess

棋士

きし

professional Go/Shogi player

将棋盤

しょうぎばん

将棋を指す

しょうぎをさす

将棋の駒

しょうぎのこま

将棋倒し

しょうぎだおし

棋譜

きふ

game record (Go, Shogi, etc.)

詰め将棋

つめしょうぎ

棋

ご

詰将棋

つめしょうぎ

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