12 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 8th grade
JLPT exam level N1

chess piece, Japanese chess, shogi

Kun'yomi
  • go (board game)
On'yomi

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

100.0%

Character Breakdown

chess piece, Japanese chess, shogi
キ ご (8th, N1)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
that
キ ゴ それ (Kentei Pre-1)
sweet, coax, pamper
あま.い カン うま.い (7th, N2)
twenty
にじゅう ジュウ ニュウ (Kentei Pre-1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)

Common Words

record of a game of go, shogi, chess, etc.
professional shogi player
composed shogi problem
falling down one after another (like dominoes) ②toppling shogi pieces (lined up in a row)
world of go
go institution
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References

Unicode hex code 68CB
JIS X 0208 1-20-93
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 2294
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2744
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 987
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 1242
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 675
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Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 1763
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 1900
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 1259
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 1794
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 14922
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 1130
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 1835
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1985
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 1438
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 1552
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 1535
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 1099
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 1779
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4a8.14
Four corner code 4498.1
De Roo Code 1861