Kanji
N1 12 strokes Grade 8 freq #1311

chess piece, Japanese chess, shogi

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

tree ki

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

shogi; Japanese chess
great master of go; great master of shogi
professional shogi player; professional go player
go institution; go club
one's style of playing shogi or go
record of a game of go, shogi, chess, etc.
world of go; world of shogi

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

falling down one after another (like dominoes)

Example sentences

How many different pieces are there in Japanese chess?

Japanese shogi corresponds to chess.

The talented young chess player is very bold. He deliberately lays himself open to attack, makes himself vulnerable and then checkmates his opponent when least expected.