漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
碁: Go
JLPT N113 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
- 其(sound)
- 石stone(meaning)
石 carries the meaning · 其 gives the sound
13 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ゴgo · on'yomi · in compounds
- 碁ごgo (board game)
- 囲碁いご
- 碁盤ごばんGo board
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine walking along a steep cliff and discovering a solid, square stone lying at the bottom. This is the essence of hardness and durability.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
其
Also built on 其
The 其 family reads キ (ki); 碁 is read ゴ.
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side碁 Go · 石
vs基 fundamentals · 土In ChineseSimplified 棋 · traditional, as in Japanese · qí
Japan keeps the traditional form 碁; mainland China simplifies it to 棋.
- Simplified
- 棋 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 碁 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin qí most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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