将棋

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See also: 將棋

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 将棋 – see 將棋 (“shogi; janggi”).
(This term is the simplified form of 將棋).
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Japanese

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Etymology

Kanji in this term
将 棋
しょう
Grade: 6 		き > ぎ
Grade: S
on’yomi
Alternative spellings
將棋 (kyūjitai)
象戯 (obsolete)
象棋 (obsolete)

First attested in Shinsarugakuki (11th century) as 將基, but also later as 象戯 or 象棋 in other literatures. Probably cognate with Chinese 象棋 (xiàngqí).

Pronunciation

Noun

将(しょう)棋(ぎ) • (shōgi) ←しやうぎ (syaugi)?

  1. shogi (Japanese chess)
    Synonyms: 日本将棋 (Nihon shōgi), 本将棋 (honshōgi)
    日(に)本(ほん)将(しょう)棋(ぎ)連(れん)盟(めい)
    Nihon Shōgi Renmei
    Japanese Shogi Association
    • 2000 July 7 [2000 May 17], Seimaru Amagi with Sato, Fumiya, “FILE(ファイル) 3(さん)　死(し)者(しゃ)のチェックメイト　The(ザ) Great(グレート) Chess(チェス) Player(プレーヤー) Akechi(アケチ)　〈問(もん)題(だい)編(へん)１(いち)〉”, in 明智警視の優雅なる事件簿 [Superintendent Akechi Elegant Case Files], 3rd edition (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN:
      これは俺(おれ)とオッサンの昼(ひる)メシ賭(か)けた勝(しょう)負(ぶ)なんだぜ？それにチェックメイトは「チェス」の用(よう)語(ご)じゃん！俺(おれ)ら将(しょう)棋(ぎ)やってんだぜ⁉
      Kore wa ore to ossan no hirumeshi kaketa shōbu nan da ze? Sore ni chekkumeito wa “chesu” no yōgo jan! Orera shōgi yatten da ze⁉
      I was playing betting on lunch with pops, damn it! And isn’t checkmate a chess term? We were playing shogi!
      将(しょう)棋(ぎ)もチェスも元(もと)は同(おな)じインド将(しょう)棋(ぎ)からきてるんですよ！基(き)本(ほん)的(てき)なルールは変(か)わりません‼
      Shōgi mo chesu mo moto wa onaji Indo shōgi kara kiterun desu yo! Kihonteki na rūru wa kawarimasen‼
      Both shogi and chess originate from Indian chess! The core rules aren’t really so different!
  2. any of several shogi variants that are (or have been) played in Japan and elsewhere
  3. any other chess variant such as Western chess, xiangqi (Chinese chess), chaturanga, janggi (Korean chess), shatranj, makruk, etc.
    将(しょう)棋(ぎ)類(るい)
    shōgirui
    chess variant

Derived terms

Descendants

Descendants
  • → English: shogi
  • → Indonesian: sogi
  • → Korean: 쇼기 (syogi)

See also

References

  1. ^ 新猿楽記 十一の君の夫 日本古典籍ビューア
  2. ^ 資料．古典将棋に関する文献一覧 日本中将棋連盟
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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