竜王
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竜王 (ryūō): a dragon king piece in shogi
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 竜 | 王 |
| りゅう Grade: S |
おう Grade: 1 |
| goon | on'yomi |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 龍王 (kyūjitai) |
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Etymology
/rʲuː wau/ → /rʲuːwɔː/ → /rʲuːɔː/ → /ɾʲɯᵝːoː/
From Middle Chinese 龍王 (MC ljowng hjwang).
Pronunciation
- Pitch accent for the placenames are uncertain.
Noun
- (mythology) a dragon king, especially in esoteric Buddhist contexts
- (shogi) a promoted 飛車 (hisha, “flying chariot”), having a move corresponding to both rook and king in Western chess
- Synonym: 竜 (ryū)
- (shogi) one of the eight major titles of professional shogi, conferred to the winner of a 竜王戦 (ryūō-sen, “dragon king match”)
Usage notes
- When written on shogi pieces, the corresponding kyūjitai spelling 龍王 is preferred.
Derived terms
See also
- 竜神 (ryūjin)
| 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. | |||||||||
Proper noun
- a placename, especially of a town in the district of either Nakakoma in central Yamanashi prefecture or Gamō in south Shiga prefecture
References
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN