Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tesuji

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tesu-ji
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A skilful move to achieve a tactical objective

Example Sentences

"I found a tesuji to save my group."
"The belly tesuji gives Black the tempo to play 3, and then he can capture a total of eight white stones with 5."

Etymology

From Japanese 手筋 (tesuji).

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 手筋

Questions

What does tesuji mean?: A skilful move to achieve a tactical objective
Where does tesuji come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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