棋 - N1 Kanji

Meaning of 棋意味

chess piece, Japanese chess, shogi

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棋 is one of the most commonly used Japanese kanji, and it also has a lot of special readings in addition to the standard onyomi and kunyomi readings.

ONYOMI　音読み

ご go

KUNYOMI　訓読み

キ ki

Examples

碁を打つことが一番の気晴らしだ。

Playing go is my favorite pastime.

碁を打つことが私の唯一の楽しみだ。

Playing go is my only recreation.

父は碁をやります。

Father goes in for the game of Go.

碁を打つのが私の唯一の娯楽だ。

My only distraction is the game of Go.

碁のよい相手同士だった。

They were good rivals at go.

いつ来てくれても、碁の相手をしますよ。

Whenever come, I’ll play go with you.

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