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棋 = 其 + 木
棋 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “chess piece”. It is built from 其 (bushel basket) and 木 (tree). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1900.
- Keyword
- chess piece
- RTK frame
- 1900
- Strokes
- 12
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- キ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- ご
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- шахматная фигура
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 棋 chess
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 棋 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “bushel basket” + “tree”. 棋 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 棋 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.