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棋

Traditional: 棊 · 碁

qí

HSK 3.0 · 7–9

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qí · kei4 (Jyutping)

  1. variant of 棋[qi2]
  2. chess
  3. chess-like game
  4. a game of chess
  5. CL:盤|盘[pan2]
  6. chess piece
  7. CL:個|个[ge4],顆|颗[ke1]

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Character breakdown

棋

Meaning
chess; any game similar to chess
Radical
木
Strokes
12
Components
⿰木其
Cangjie
DTMC
Four-corner
4498.1

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