弈

Information about character(s)

Radical: 廾
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 6
Total Strokes: 9
Variants: 奕

Pronunciation

Pinyin: yì
Cantonese: jik6
JapaneseOn: EKI YAKU
Korean: HYEK

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: Chinese chess

CE-Dict: ancient name for go (Chinese board game)

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.[Formal] a traditional complex board game known to the western world by the Japanese name "go"
2.[Formal] to play Chinese chess

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: play chess

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: play chess

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《𠬞部》弈圍棊也。从廾亦聲。《論語》曰：“不有博弈者乎！”

康熙字典文字版 【寅集下】【廾字部】弈
【唐韻】羊益切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】夷益切，𠀤音亦。【說文】圍棋也。从廾亦聲。【論語】不有博弈者乎。【左傳·襄二十五年】弈者，舉棋不定，不勝其耦。【註】弈，圍棋也。【疏】《方言》云：圍棋謂之弈。自關東齊魯之閒皆謂之弈，蓋此戲名之曰弈。故說文弈从廾，言竦兩手而執之。孟子言弈秋善弈，秋自以善弈而著名也。棋者，所執之子，以子圍而相殺，故謂之圍棋。沈氏云：圍棋稱弈，取落弈之義也。　又【廣韻】美貌。【廣雅】弈，容也。　又帳也。【汲冢周書】解墠上帳赤弈隂羽。◎按《說文》奕、弈二字音同義異。俗與奕通用，非。互詳大部奕字註。

CF-Dict: jouer aux échecs/jeu de go

Han-De-Dict: Go (altes chinesisches Brettspiel) (u.E.) (S)/Go/Schach spielen (u.E.) (V)