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碁

Go
Stroke count: 13

Readings

On readingゴ
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. goRtK
    碁を打つのが私の唯一の娯楽だ。Playing go is my only recreation.tatoeba
    碁を打つことが私の唯一の楽しみだ。Playing go is my only recreation.tatoeba
  1. go (board game)

Synonyms

囲碁

Homonyms

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Same reading (ご)
五 · five後 · after御 · honorific/polite/humble prefix語 · word

Radicals and components

Radical石stone
Components
How it's built
碁
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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go · bushel basket · hamper · animal legs (儿) · eight (八) · stone (石) · rock (石)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1903

Compound words

囲碁いご
go (board game)
碁盤ごばん
Go board
詰碁つめご
composed go problem
碁笥ごけ
goke
碁石ごいし
go stone
持碁じご
jigo
笊碁ざるご
game of go played by poor players
詰め碁つめご
composed go problem
碁会所ごかいしょ
go parlour
碁打ちごうち
go player
碁盤縞ごばんじま
check
太閤碁たいこうご
mirror go (as black)
碁盤の目ごばんのめ
intersection on a go board

Additional Examples

碁を打つことが一番の気晴らしだ。
Playing go is my favorite pastime.tatoeba
碁のよい相手同士だった。
They were good rivals at go.tatoeba

Stroke Order

13 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 碁

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step