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shogi

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈʃoʊɡiː/
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  • rhymes with -əʊɡiː

1

noun

Meaning 1

Japanese chess; a board game similar to chess, invented and traditionally played in Japan.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a form of chess played on a board of 81 squares; each player has 20 pieces

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: chess, chess game

History

Etymology

From Japanese 将棋 (shōgi). Doublet of janggi.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: شُوغِي (šūḡī) — variant of chess
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܫܘܿܓܝܼ (šōgī) — variant of chess
  • Belarusian: сёгі (sjóhi) — variant of chess
  • Chinese Mandarin: 將棋 /将棋 (jiàngqí) — variant of chess
  • Chinese Mandarin: 日本將棋 /日本将棋 (rìběn jiàngqí) — variant of chess
  • Czech: šógi — variant of chess
  • Finnish: shōgi — variant of chess
  • French: shogi — variant of chess
  • French: shōgi — variant of chess
  • Georgian: შოგი (šogi) — variant of chess
  • German: Shogi — variant of chess
  • Greek: σόγκι (sógki) — variant of chess
  • Hindi: शोगी (śogī) — variant of chess
  • Hungarian: sógi — variant of chess
  • Indonesian: sogi — variant of chess
  • Japanese: 将棋 (shōgi) — variant of chess
  • Korean: 쇼기 (syogi) — variant of chess
  • Korean: 장기 (janggi) — variant of chess
  • Lithuanian: šogis — variant of chess
  • Polish: siogi — variant of chess
  • Portuguese: shogi — variant of chess
  • Russian: сёги (sjógi) — variant of chess
  • Spanish: shogi — variant of chess
  • Turkish: şogi — variant of chess
  • Ukrainian: сьо́ґі (sʹógi) — variant of chess
  • Vietnamese: cờ tướng Nhật Bản — variant of chess
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