四丁

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Etymology

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
ちょう
Grade: 3
on'yomi
Alternative spellings

翅鳥
止鳥

(ちょう) (chō) is an archaic unit of length, roughly 100 meters. Thus this word literally means "400 meters", because Go stones can run across a long distance on the board in this situation.

Noun

()(ちょう) (shichō

  1. (go) ladder