将棋

See also: 將棋

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 将棋 – see 將棋 (“shogi; janggi”). (This term is the simplified form of 將棋).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
将	棋
しょう Grade: 6	ぎ Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spellings
將棋 (kyūjitai) 象戯 (obsolete) 象棋 (obsolete)

First attested in Shinsarugakuki (11th century) as 将棊, but also later as 象戯 or 象棋 in other literatures. Probably cognate with Chinese 象棋 (xiàngqí).

Noun

1. shogi (Japanese chess)

   Synonyms: 日本将棋 (nihon shōgi), 本将棋 (honshōgi)

   日(に)本(ほん)将(しょう)棋(ぎ)連(れん)盟(めい)

   Nihon Shōgi Renmei

   Japanese Shogi Association

   • 2000 July 7 [2000 May 17], Seimaru Amagi with Sato, Fumiya, “FILE(ファイル) 3　死(し)者(しゃ)のチェックメイト　The(ザ) Great(グレート) Chess(チェス) Player(プレーヤー) Akechi(アケチ)　〈問(もん)題(だい)編(へん)１〉 [FILE 3: Dead Man’s Checkmate: The Great Chess Player Akechi ‹Problem 1›]”, in 明智警視の優雅なる事件簿 [Superintendent Akechi Elegant Case Files], 3rd edition (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN:

     これは俺(おれ)とオッサンの昼(ひる)メシ賭(か)けた勝(しょう)負(ぶ)なんだぜ？それにチェックメイトは「チェス」の用(よう)語(ご)じゃん！俺(おれ)ら将(しょう)棋(ぎ)やってんだぜ⁉

     Kore wa ore to ossan no hirumeshi kaketa shōbu nan da ze? Sore ni chekkumeito wa “chesu” no yōgo jan! Orera shōgi yatten da ze⁉

     I was playing betting on lunch with pops, damn it! And isn’t checkmate a “chess” term? We were playing shōgi‼

     将(しょう)棋(ぎ)もチェスも元(もと)は同(おな)じインド将(しょう)棋(ぎ)からきてるんですよ！基(き)本(ほん)的(てき)なルールは変(か)わりません‼

     Shōgi mo chesu mo moto wa onaji Indo shōgi kara kiterun desu yo! Kihonteki na rūru wa kawarimasen‼

     Both shōgi and chess originate from Indian chess! The core rules aren’t really so different‼

2. any of several shogi variants that are (or have been) played in Japan and elsewhere
3. any other chess variant such as Western chess, xiangqi (Chinese chess) chaturanga, janggi (Korean chess), shatranj, makruk, etc.

   将(しょう)棋(ぎ)類(るい)

   shōgirui

   chess variant

Derived terms

• 将(しょう)棋(ぎ)指(さ)し (shōgisashi)
• 将(しょう)棋(ぎ)倒(だお)し (shōgidaoshi)
• 将(しょう)棋(ぎ)倒(だお)れ (shōgidaore)
• 将(しょう)棋(ぎ)盤(ばん) (shōgiban)
• 持(じ)将(しょう)棋(ぎ) (jishōgi, “impasse”)
• 西洋(せいよう)将(しょう)棋(ぎ) (seiyōshōgi)
• 大(たい)局(きょく)将(しょう)棋(ぎ) (taikyokushōgi)
• 中(ちゅう)国(ごく)将(しょう)棋(ぎ) (chūgokushōgi)
• 詰(つ)め将(しょう)棋(ぎ) (tsumeshōgi, “shogi mating problem”)
• 飛(と)び将(しょう)棋(ぎ) (tobishōgi)
• 挟(はさ)み将(しょう)棋(ぎ) (hasamishōgi)
• 平安(へいあん)将(しょう)棋(ぎ) (heianshōgi)

 

Descendants

• English: shogi
• Indonesian: sogi

 

See also

• 王(おう)手(て) (ōte, “check”)
• 詰(つ)み (tsumi, “checkmate”)
• 禁(きん)じ手(て) (kinjite, “illegal move”)
• 千日(せんにち)手(て) (sennichite, “repetition”)
• 二歩(にふ) (nifu, “placing two pawns on a same file (illegal move)”)