Kanji

碁

Go

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

13 strokes

Radical

石部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

Common Readings

Example sentences

囲碁 いご
彼は子供の頃から囲碁を習っている

He has been learning Go since he was a child.

先手必勝 せんてひっしょう
囲碁や将棋などの勝負事では、先手必勝の気概で挑むことが大切だ。

In games like Go or Shogi, it is important to approach them with the spirit of 'victory belongs to the one who moves first'.

祖父は趣味で毎日碁を打っている。

My grandfather plays Go every day as a hobby.

碁盤 ごばん
彼は新しい碁盤を買った。

He bought a new Go board.

ごいし ごいし
祖父は古い碁盤を取り出し、白と黒のごいしを丁寧に並べ始めた。

My grandfather took out an old Go board and began to carefully arrange the white and black Go stones.

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