The Kanji Map

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1311 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: chess piece, Japanese chess, shogi

Kunyomi: ご

Onyomi: キ

Composition: 木其

棋

Radical: 木

Meaning: tree

Reading: き

Frequency: 1,369

Alternative forms:

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棋士（キシ） professional shogi player, professional go player

棋院（キイン） go institution, go club, go hall

弾棋（ダンギ） ancient Chinese board game similar to go

碁（ご） go (board game)