Keyword
chess
- any strategy game
- Frequency
- #2083
- Strokes
- 12
Readings
qí
Mnemonic
木 (wood) gives the meaning and 其 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
棋
chess; chess-like game; a game of chess; chess piece
围棋
the game of Go
棋子
chess piece; (fig.) a pawn (used by others for their own purposes)
象棋
Chinese chess
棋盘
chessboard
下棋
to play chess
棋手
chess player
邓紫棋
G.E.M. (1991-), Chinese pop star
国际象棋
chess
棋局
state of play in a game of chess; (old) chessboard
西洋棋
chess
星罗棋布
scattered about like stars in the sky or chess pieces on a board (idiom); spread all over the place
棋艺
chess skill
跳棋
Chinese checkers
五子棋
five-in-a-row (game similar to tic-tac-toe); Japanese: gomoku; gobang
举棋不定
to hesitate over what move to make (idiom); to waver; to shilly-shally
一盘棋
chessboard layout; (fig.) overall situation
棋王
chess champion
琴棋书画
(idiom) the four arts of the Chinese scholar (guqin, Go, calligraphy and painting); (by extension) the accomplishments of a well-educated person
棋谱
kifu (record of a game of go or shogi)
和棋
drawn game (in chess or other board game)
军棋
land battle chess, Chinese board game similar to Stratego
死棋
dead piece (in Chess); stupid move; hopeless case
棋赛
chess game