Memory phrase for the character: 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 sweetA laughing mouth 廿/口 with something sweet 一




 Vocabulary

将棋 しょうぎ  Japanese chess

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