成桂

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
成 桂
な(り)
Grade: 4 		けい
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi kan'on

Etymology

From 成り (nari, the 連用形 (ren’yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 成る (naru), “to promote (at an opponent’s square)”) +‎ 桂 (kei, abbreviated from 桂馬 (keima), “cassia horse → laurelled horse”).

Noun

成(なり)桂(けい) • (nari-kei) 

  1. (shogi) a promoted cassia horse, with movement the same as a 金将 (kinshō, “gold general”)
    Hypernym: 成り金 (narikin)

See also

Shogi pieces (将棋の駒)
Unpromoted
(生駒) 		name 王将
玉将 		金将 銀将 桂馬 香車 飛車 角行 歩兵
abbr. 王
玉 		金 銀 桂 香 飛 角 歩
Promoted
(成駒) 		name - - 成銀 成桂 成香 竜王 竜馬 と金, 成歩
abbr. - - 全* 圭* 杏* 竜 馬 と, 止
*These 3 abbreviations are only used as a typographical convention. They are pronounced the same as their full names.
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