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棋
qí
1. chess
2. chess-like game
3. a game of chess
4. CL:[[盤|盘<pán>]]
5. chess piece
6. CL:[[個|个<gè>]], [[顆|颗<kē>]]
Common • Top 7% ✏️ 12 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

棋
qí
chess; any strategy game
HSK 5 12 丶

Compound Words (20)

下棋
xiàqí
to play chess
棋具
qíjù
checkers (board and pieces for go [[圍棋|围棋]] or Chinese chess [[象棋]] etc)
棋子
qízǐ
chess piece
棋手
qíshǒu
chess player
棋王
qíwáng
chess champion
棋盘
qípán
chessboard
棋艺
qíyì
chess skill
棋谱
qípǔ
kifu (record of a game of go or shogi)
棋赛
qísài
chess game
死棋
sǐqí
dead piece (in Chess)
臭棋
chòuqí
blunder (in chess)
着棋
zhuóqí
to play chess
象棋
xiàngqí
Chinese chess
HSK 5
跳棋
tiàoqí
Chinese checkers
军棋
jūnqí
land battle chess
和棋
héqí
draw or tie in chess etc
国棋
guóqí
abbr. for [[國際象棋|国际象棋]], chess
围棋
wéiqí
the game of Go
将棋
jiàngqí
Japanese chess (shōgi)
悔棋
huǐqí
to withdraw a move (chess)

Alternate Entries

棋
qí
variant of [[棋<qí>]]
棋
qí
variant of [[棋<qí>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
2,088
Word Frequency Rank
5,603 of 84,292