# 棋 — shogi; chess piece

棋 means “shogi; chess piece”. It is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 12 strokes. On'yomi: キ (ki). It has no common kun'yomi.

- Meaning: shogi; chess piece
- On'yomi: キ (ki)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 12
- Level: JLPT N1 · set Arts & pastimes 1

## How to remember 棋

Parts: 木 tree · 其 basket

## Don't confuse it with

[某](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/a-certain/) · [期](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/period/) · [欺](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/cheat/) · [媒](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/go-between/)

## More in the “Arts & pastimes 1” set

[響](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/echo/) · [幕](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/curtain/) · [描](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/draw/) · [撮](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/take-a-photo/) · [奏](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/play-music/) · [唱](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/chant/) · [俳](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/haiku/) · [詩](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/poem/) · [棋](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/shogi/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/shogi/. Last updated 2026-11-01.