棋
qí HSK7

chess

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 其 represents the sound. Simplified form of 碁.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
其
其 Sound component
qí its, his, (3p possessive)

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartgi[ɡ](r)əchess, board game
Zhengzhangɡɯ
Unicodeghiə

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica