棋 – chess piece, Japanese chess, shogi

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The kanji 棋 means chess piece, Japanese chess, shogi. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is キ (ki); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ご (go). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 木 (no. 75).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	キ	ki
Kun’yomi	ご	go

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 木 (Kangxi radical 75). Components: 甘・ハ・木.

Words using 棋

将棋しょうぎshogi

Example sentences

いつ来てくださっても、将棋の相手をしますよ。

No matter when you come, I'll play a game of Japanese chess with you.

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Kanji with the same radical

本東業来機権査案村果格検校構木条

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