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棋

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

Translingual

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Han character

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

Derived characters

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References

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  • 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

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
 棋
alternative forms
䃆
檱
棊
㯦
碁
䃆
檱
棊
㯦
碁
櫀
 
Wikipedia has articles on:
  • 棋 (Written Standard Chinese?)
  • 棋 (Cantonese)

Glyph origin

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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

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Rime
Character 棋
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 群 (30)
Final (韻) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 渠之切
Baxter gi
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɡɨ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɡɨ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɡie/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/gɨ/
Li
Rong 		/ɡiə/
Wang
Li 		/ɡĭə/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/gi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		qí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		kei4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 棋
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		qí
Middle
Chinese 		‹ gi ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[ɡ](r)ə/
English chess, board game

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 棋
Reading # 1/1
No. 9946
Phonetic
component 		其
Rime
group 		之
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		其
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡɯ/
Notes 木根，又棊注通作棋

Definitions

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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 board 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.
      不要光想著吃對方的棋。 [MSC, trad.]
      不要光想着吃对方的棋。 [MSC, simp.]
      Bùyào guāng xiǎngzhe 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 has 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 kei4-2 dou6, mui5 jan4 jau5 sap6 luk6 zek3 kei4-2. [Jyutping]
      In chess, each player has sixteen pieces.
  2. (figurative) strategy; plan
    舉棋不定／举棋不定  ―  jǔqíbùdìng  ―  to hesitate
  3. (Cantonese, figurative) pawn; puppet (someone who is controlled by outside force) (Classifier: 隻／只 c)

Compounds

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Descendants

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  • → Lü: ᦌᦲᧉ (sii²)

Pronunciation 2

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Definitions

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棋

  1. † root, basis, alternative form of 基 (jī)

Compounds

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Japanese

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Kanji

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棋

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. token

Readings

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

Korean

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Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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

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References

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