TSUMUGU · A2 · 字
棋
ㄑㄧˊ · qí
noun — chess; a board game; a game piece
字源 FORM — what the parts do
Wood (木) with 其 — the wooden board and pieces of a game. 其 qí carries the sound exactly. From the wooden set comes the game itself: 下棋、象棋、圍棋.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
木（木）刻的棋子一顆顆擺上盤，兩人對坐，誰也不先動手。
The wooden (木) pieces set out one by one on the board; two players face off, neither moving first.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)棋子、棋盤— a game piece; the board
→下棋— to play chess / a board game常用
⇒象棋、圍棋— Chinese chess; Go
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension