棋
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chess; chess-like game; a game of chess; CL:盤|盘[pan2]; chess piece; CL:個|个[ge4],顆|颗[ke1]
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 木 +8
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 棋
- Common rank
- #1,608
- Unicode
- U+68CB
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 棋
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 星罗棋布 | scattered about like stars in the sky or chess pieces on a board (idiom); spread all over … | |
| 棋高一着 | to be a step ahead of the opponent (idiom); to outsmart one's opponent | |
| 举棋不定 | to hesitate over what move to make (idiom); to waver; to shilly-shally | |
| 国际棋联 | International Chess Federation | |
| 五子棋 | five-in-a-row (game similar to tic-tac-toe); Japanese: gomoku; gobang | |
| 一盘棋 | chessboard layout; (fig.) overall situation | |
| 飞行棋 | aeroplane chess (a Chinese board game) | |
| 西洋棋 | chess | |
| 国际象棋 | chess; CL:副[fu4] | |
| 国际跳棋 | checkers (Western board game) | |
| 棋格状 | checkered pattern; chessboard | |
| 棋子 | chess piece; CL:個|个[ge4],顆|颗[ke1]; (fig.) a pawn (used by others for their own purposes) | |
| 兵棋推演 | war-gaming; simulation of a military operation | |
| 棋手 | chess player | |
| 下棋 | to play chess | |
| 琴棋书画 | (idiom) the four arts of the Chinese scholar (guqin, Go, calligraphy and painting); (by ex… | |
| 陆战棋 | see 軍棋|军棋[jun1 qi2] | |
| 井字棋 | tic-tac-toe | |
| 陆军棋 | see 軍棋|军棋[jun1 qi2] | |
| 和棋 | drawn game (in chess or other board game); CL:盤|盘[pan2] |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 其 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 其 sound part | his, her, its, their; that | |
| 基 | foundation, base | |
| 期 | a period of time; date, time; phase | |
| 旗 | banner, flag, streamer | |
| 欺 | to cheat, to double-cross, to deceive | |
| 淇 | a river in Henan province | |
| 箕 | sieve; dust pan; garbage bag | |
| 琪 | fine jade | |
| 麒 | mythical unicorn | |
| 祺 | good luck, good fortune | |
| 萁 | pulses, legumes | |
| 綦 | dark gray; variegated; superlative | |
| 骐 | piebald horse; excellent horse | |
| 蜞 | lightfoot crab; worm, leech | |
| 鲯 | ray-finned fish; Coryphaena hippurus |