# 碁 — Go (board game)

碁 means “Go (board game)”. It is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 13 strokes. On'yomi: ゴ (go). It has no common kun'yomi. You'll see it in words such as 碁 (go, “Go (board game)”).

- Meaning: Go (board game)
- On'yomi: ゴ (go)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 13
- Level: JLPT N1 · set Arts & pastimes 2

## How to remember 碁

Parts: 其 basket · 石 stone

## Words with 碁

| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 碁 | ご (go) | Go (board game) |

## Don't confuse it with

[基](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/foundation/)

## More in the “Arts & pastimes 2” set

[拍](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/clap/) · [漫](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/comics/) · [彫](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/carve/) · [謡](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/noh-chant/) · [琴](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/koto/) · [碁](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/go-board-game/) · [墨](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/black-ink/) · [陶](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/pottery/)

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