Memory phrase for the Kanji: 棋

棋

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Meaning Shogi (=Japanese chess)

Pronunciation

KI

Explanation

Left: tree 木, right: 其 =grain shovel/scoop used for threshing by rhythmically throwing up the grain in certain periods (cf. 期)

Mnemonic
 
It is made of wood and looks like a grain shovel: the Shogi play field.

Radicals

木 tree
其 grain shovel/scoopwinnowing fan
甘 sweet
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 Vocabulary

将棋 しょうぎ  Japanese chess

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