棋

棋 U+68CB, 棋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-68CB ← 棊 [U+68CA] CJK Unified Ideographs 棌 → [U+68CC]

Translingual

Han character

棋 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 木廿一金 (DTMC), four-corner 4498₁, composition ⿰木其)

Derived characters

• 𦻊, 簯

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 532, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14922
• Dae Jaweon: page 920, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1224, character 4
• Unihan data for U+68CB

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		棋
alternative forms		棊 碁 櫀 檱 䃆 棊 碁 櫀 檱 䃆 㯦

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 棋
Shang	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (其) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
基	*kɯ
箕	*kɯ
朞	*kɯ
稘	*kɯ
萁	*kɯ, *ɡɯ
期	*kɯ, *ɡɯ
諅	*kɯ, *ɡɯs
其	*kɯ, *ɡɯ
錤	*kɯ, *ɡɯ
諆	*kɯ, *kʰɯ
欺	*kʰɯ
娸	*kʰɯ
魌	*kʰɯ
僛	*kʰɯ
唭	*kʰɯs
棋	*ɡɯ
旗	*ɡɯ
淇	*ɡɯ
祺	*ɡɯ, *ɡɯ
琪	*ɡɯ
騏	*ɡɯ
綦	*ɡɯ
麒	*ɡɯ
蜞	*ɡɯ
綨	*ɡɯ
蜝	*ɡɯ
棊	*ɡɯ
碁	*ɡɯ
鯕	*ɡɯ
踑	*ɡɯ
藄	*ɡɯ
櫀	*ɡɯ
璂	*ɡɯ
禥	*ɡɯ
惎	*ɡɯs
帺	*ɡɯs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡɯ) : semantic 木 (“wooden”) + phonetic 其 (OC *kɯ, *ɡɯ).

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 棋

1. board game, usually excluding those played with cards (牌 (pái))

   圍棋／围棋  ―  wéiqí  ―  Go (game)

   跳棋  ―  tiàoqí  ―  checkers

   黑白棋是19世紀發明的一種棋。 [MSC, trad.]
   黑白棋是19世纪发明的一种棋。 [MSC, simp.]

   Hēibáiqí shì 19 shìjì fāmíng de yī zhǒng qí. [Pinyin]

   Reversi is a game invented in the 19th century.

   1. an instance of playing such games (Classifier: 局; 盤／盘)

      我們連下了三局棋 [MSC, trad.]
      我们连下了三局棋 [MSC, simp.]

      wǒmen lián xià le sān jú qí [Pinyin]

      We played three games without a break.

   2. piece; counter used in such games (Classifier: 枚 m; 隻／只 c)

      落棋無悔／落棋无悔  ―  luòqíwúhuǐ  ―  You should not take back your (Go) stone once it is dropped.

      不要光想着吃對方的棋 [MSC, trad.]
      不要光想着吃对方的棋 [MSC, simp.]

      bùyào guāng xiǎng zhuó chī duìfāng de qí [Pinyin]

      Don't just only think of capturing the opponent's pieces.

      在國際象棋中，每人有十六枚棋。 [MSC, trad.]
      在国际象棋中，每人有十六枚棋。 [MSC, simp.]

      Zài guójìxiàngqí zhōng, měirén yǒu shíliù méi qí. [Pinyin]

      In chess, each player have sixteen pieces.

      喺國際象棋度，每人有十六隻棋。 [Cantonese, trad.]
      喺国际象棋度，每人有十六只棋。 [Cantonese, simp.]

      hai² gwok³ zai³ zoeng⁶ kei^4-2 dou⁶, mui⁵ jan⁴ jau⁵ sap⁶ luk⁶ zek³ kei^4-2. [Jyutping]

      In chess, each player have sixteen pieces.

2. (figurative) strategy; plan

   舉棋不定／举棋不定  ―  jǔqíbùdìng  ―  to hesitate

3. (Cantonese, figurative) puppet (someone who is controlled by outside force) (Classifier: 隻／只 c)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jī (ji¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gei¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ki

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jī
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ji
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹
    • Yale: jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ji
    • Palladius: цзи (czi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gei¹
    • Yale: gēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: géi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki
    • Tâi-lô: ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ky
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ki³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki⁴⁴/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 棋

1. ^† root, basis, Template:zh-alt form

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

棋

(Jōyō kanji)

1. token

Readings

• Go-on: ぎ (gi)、ご (go)
• Kan-on: き (ki, Jōyō)

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Korean

Hanja

棋 • (gi) (hangeul 기, revised gi, McCune–Reischauer ki, Yale ki)

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Vietnamese

Han character

棋: Hán Nôm readings: cời, cờ, cơi, kè, kì

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References

• Nom Foundation